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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... does not stay more than four or five days in one place . I have sometimes come across the migratory columns ; they may easily be known . Ch . II . ] TEMPORARY ANTS ' - NESTS 24 [ Ch . II . THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA .
... does not stay more than four or five days in one place . I have sometimes come across the migratory columns ; they may easily be known . Ch . II . ] TEMPORARY ANTS ' - NESTS 24 [ Ch . II . THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA .
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... sometimes followed them up for two or three hundred yards without getting to the end . They make their temporary habitations in hollow trees , and sometimes underneath large fallen trunks that offer suitable hollows . A nest that I came ...
... sometimes followed them up for two or three hundred yards without getting to the end . They make their temporary habitations in hollow trees , and sometimes underneath large fallen trunks that offer suitable hollows . A nest that I came ...
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... Sometimes , when in shallow water , we saw a pointed billow rapidly moving away from the boat , produced by some large fish below , and I was told it was a shark . After dark the wind failed us again , and we got slowly along , but ...
... Sometimes , when in shallow water , we saw a pointed billow rapidly moving away from the boat , produced by some large fish below , and I was told it was a shark . After dark the wind failed us again , and we got slowly along , but ...
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... ; the latter are said sometimes to choke themselves with the fruit , whilst trying to eat it . Of the bruised seeds is also made a cooling drink , much Ch . IV . ] FORMS OF INDIAN POTTERY . 46 [ Ch . IV . THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA .
... ; the latter are said sometimes to choke themselves with the fruit , whilst trying to eat it . Of the bruised seeds is also made a cooling drink , much Ch . IV . ] FORMS OF INDIAN POTTERY . 46 [ Ch . IV . THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA .
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... sometimes shaped like egg - cups , sometimes like toy washhand - stands . In making their earthenware vessels , the Indians up to this day follow this natural form , and their water - jars and bowls are made rounded at the bottom ...
... sometimes shaped like egg - cups , sometimes like toy washhand - stands . In making their earthenware vessels , the Indians up to this day follow this natural form , and their water - jars and bowls are made rounded at the bottom ...
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