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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... Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms Thomas Belt. Ch . II . ] TEMPORARY ANTS ' - NESTS . 25 by all the common workers moving in one direction , many of them carrying the larvæ and pupa carefully in their jaws ...
... Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms Thomas Belt. Ch . II . ] TEMPORARY ANTS ' - NESTS . 25 by all the common workers moving in one direction , many of them carrying the larvæ and pupa carefully in their jaws ...
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... Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms Thomas Belt. Ch . II . ] ATTAINMENT OF UTOPIA BY ANTS . not for itself alone but for all its fellows 29 we may imagine that Sir Thomas More's description of Utopia might have ...
... Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms Thomas Belt. Ch . II . ] ATTAINMENT OF UTOPIA BY ANTS . not for itself alone but for all its fellows 29 we may imagine that Sir Thomas More's description of Utopia might have ...
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... Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms Thomas Belt. CHAPTER III . Journey up River continued - Wild Pigs and Jaguar - Bungos- Reach Machuca - Castillo - Capture of Castillo by Nelson- India - rubber Trade - Rubber ...
... Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms Thomas Belt. CHAPTER III . Journey up River continued - Wild Pigs and Jaguar - Bungos- Reach Machuca - Castillo - Capture of Castillo by Nelson- India - rubber Trade - Rubber ...
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... Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms Thomas Belt. tillo , which are difficult to ascend , and as there is no road round them excepting through the town of Castillo , ad- vantage has been taken of the situation ...
... Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms Thomas Belt. tillo , which are difficult to ascend , and as there is no road round them excepting through the town of Castillo , ad- vantage has been taken of the situation ...
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... Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms Thomas Belt. have been advanced ; but , unfortunately for these specula- tions , some children , and even adults , have been captured and brought down the river by the ...
... Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms Thomas Belt. have been advanced ; but , unfortunately for these specula- tions , some children , and even adults , have been captured and brought down the river by the ...
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