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 FormsJ. Murray, 1874 - 403 pages |
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... natural bridge to three times its width by a number of ants clinging to it and to each other on each side , over which the column passed three or four deep ; whereas excepting for this expedient they would have had to pass over in ...
... natural bridge to three times its width by a number of ants clinging to it and to each other on each side , over which the column passed three or four deep ; whereas excepting for this expedient they would have had to pass over in ...
Page 36
... natural reservoir of water near the head of the navigation , point out this route as a practi- cable one for a ship canal between the two oceans . Instead of cutting a canal from the head of the delta of the San Juan to the sea , as has ...
... natural reservoir of water near the head of the navigation , point out this route as a practi- cable one for a ship canal between the two oceans . Instead of cutting a canal from the head of the delta of the San Juan to the sea , as has ...
Page 47
... natural form , and their water - jars and bowls are made rounded at the bottom , requiring stands to keep them upright . The meals of Montezuma were served on thick cushions or pillows . This was probably on account of the rounded bases ...
... natural form , and their water - jars and bowls are made rounded at the bottom , requiring stands to keep them upright . The meals of Montezuma were served on thick cushions or pillows . This was probably on account of the rounded bases ...
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... natural pro- ducts of the country . Acoyapo and the district around it contains about two thousand inhabitants . The store- keepers , lawyers , and hacienderos are of Spanish and mixed descent . Amongst the lower classes there is much ...
... natural pro- ducts of the country . Acoyapo and the district around it contains about two thousand inhabitants . The store- keepers , lawyers , and hacienderos are of Spanish and mixed descent . Amongst the lower classes there is much ...
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... natural * " Gardener's Chronicle , " Oct. 24 , 1857 , and Nov. 14 , 1858 ; also T. H. Farren , in " Annals of Natural History , " Oct. 1868 . † Taylor's " Annals of Natural History , " vol . iii . p . 1 . * Ch . V. ] LEAF - CUTTING ANTS ...
... natural * " Gardener's Chronicle , " Oct. 24 , 1857 , and Nov. 14 , 1858 ; also T. H. Farren , in " Annals of Natural History , " Oct. 1868 . † Taylor's " Annals of Natural History , " vol . iii . p . 1 . * Ch . V. ] LEAF - CUTTING ANTS ...
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