The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests. With Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms |
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The fruit itself often occasions severe fits of indigestion , and many of the natives
will not swallow the small seeds , but only the pulpy portion , which is said to be
harmless . I saw another fruit growing here , a yellow berry about the size of a ...
The fruit itself often occasions severe fits of indigestion , and many of the natives
will not swallow the small seeds , but only the pulpy portion , which is said to be
harmless . I saw another fruit growing here , a yellow berry about the size of a ...
Page 11
... excepting that one stretched up his head and gave a bellow like a bull . They
sometimes kill calves and young horses , and I was told of one that had scized a
full - grown horse , but its struggles being observed , some natives ran down and
...
... excepting that one stretched up his head and gave a bellow like a bull . They
sometimes kill calves and young horses , and I was told of one that had scized a
full - grown horse , but its struggles being observed , some natives ran down and
...
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struggles being observed , some natives ran down and saved it from being pulled
into the water and drowned . I heard several stories of people being killed by
them , but only one was well authenticated . This was told me by the head of the ...
struggles being observed , some natives ran down and saved it from being pulled
into the water and drowned . I heard several stories of people being killed by
them , but only one was well authenticated . This was told me by the head of the ...
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Soon after we heard some wild pigs ( Dicoteles tajacu ) or Wari , as they are
called by the natives , striking their teeth together in the wood , and one of the
boatmen leaping on shore soon shot one , which he brought on board after
cutting out a ...
Soon after we heard some wild pigs ( Dicoteles tajacu ) or Wari , as they are
called by the natives , striking their teeth together in the wood , and one of the
boatmen leaping on shore soon shot one , which he brought on board after
cutting out a ...
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... for the natives of Nicaragua , and of parts much nearer home , are fond of
giving fanciful explanations of the names of places and things : thus , I have been
assured by an intelligent and educated Nicaraguan , that Guateinala was so
called ...
... for the natives of Nicaragua , and of parts much nearer home , are fond of
giving fanciful explanations of the names of places and things : thus , I have been
assured by an intelligent and educated Nicaraguan , that Guateinala was so
called ...
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| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests. With Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1874 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 28 aug. 2008 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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