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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Page 82
... rain , however , continue , they get sodden down into the ground , and are left there . On the contrary , in dry and hot weather , when the leaves would get dried up before they could be conveyed to the nest , the ants , when in exposed ...
... rain , however , continue , they get sodden down into the ground , and are left there . On the contrary , in dry and hot weather , when the leaves would get dried up before they could be conveyed to the nest , the ants , when in exposed ...
Page 85
... rain falls , and where the rocks are not so soft and decomposed . Even during the few years I was in Nicaragua there were some modifications of the surface effected ; I saw the commencement of new valleys and the widening and lengthening.
... rain falls , and where the rocks are not so soft and decomposed . Even during the few years I was in Nicaragua there were some modifications of the surface effected ; I saw the commencement of new valleys and the widening and lengthening.
Page 86
... rain - water charged with a little acid from the decomposing vegetation . If this be so , the great depth to which it has reached tells of the immense antiquity of the forests . Gold - mining at Santo Domingo is confined almost entirely ...
... rain - water charged with a little acid from the decomposing vegetation . If this be so , the great depth to which it has reached tells of the immense antiquity of the forests . Gold - mining at Santo Domingo is confined almost entirely ...
Page 103
... rains set in in May , and continue with occasional intermission until the following January , when the dry season of a little more than three months begins . Even during the short - lived dry season there are occasional rains , so that ...
... rains set in in May , and continue with occasional intermission until the following January , when the dry season of a little more than three months begins . Even during the short - lived dry season there are occasional rains , so that ...
Page 104
... rains fall in July and August , and at these times the brooks are greatly swollen ; the one in front of my house ... rain ceased falling , for the watershed above does not extend far . Every year our operations were impeded by runs ...
... rains fall in July and August , and at these times the brooks are greatly swollen ; the one in front of my house ... rain ceased falling , for the watershed above does not extend far . Every year our operations were impeded by runs ...
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