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 FormsE. Bumpus, 1888 - 403 pages |
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... . 289 . On the Loess of the Rhine and the Danube . Vol . xiv . , 1877 , p . 67 . On the Glacial Period in the Southern Hemisphere . Vol . xiv . , 1877 , p . 326 . b On the Discovery of Stone Implements in Glacial Drift in PREFACE . xvii.
... . 289 . On the Loess of the Rhine and the Danube . Vol . xiv . , 1877 , p . 67 . On the Glacial Period in the Southern Hemisphere . Vol . xiv . , 1877 , p . 326 . b On the Discovery of Stone Implements in Glacial Drift in PREFACE . xvii.
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... Stone Implements in Glacial Drift in North America . Vol . xv . , 1878 , p . 55 . On the Superficial Gravels and Clays around Finchley , Ealing , and Brentford . Vol . xv . , 1878 , p . 316 . It needs not to add more . It would be easy ...
... Stone Implements in Glacial Drift in North America . Vol . xv . , 1878 , p . 55 . On the Superficial Gravels and Clays around Finchley , Ealing , and Brentford . Vol . xv . , 1878 , p . 316 . It needs not to add more . It would be easy ...
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... stone on one of the ants to secure it . The next that approached , as soon as it discovered the situation of the prisoner , ran backwards in an agitated manner , and communicated the intelligence to the others . They rushed to the ...
... stone on one of the ants to secure it . The next that approached , as soon as it discovered the situation of the prisoner , ran backwards in an agitated manner , and communicated the intelligence to the others . They rushed to the ...
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... stone implements brought down by the rubber men from the wild Indians of the Rio Frio . Castillo is one of the centres of the rubber trade . Parties of men are here fitted out with canoes and provisions , and proceed up the rivers , far ...
... stone implements brought down by the rubber men from the wild Indians of the Rio Frio . Castillo is one of the centres of the rubber trade . Parties of men are here fitted out with canoes and provisions , and proceed up the rivers , far ...
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... stone implements . Amongst the latter , I was fortunate enough to obtain a rude stone hatchet , set in a stone - cut wooden handle : it was firmly fixed in a hole made in the thick end of the handle . * It is a singular fact , and one ...
... stone implements . Amongst the latter , I was fortunate enough to obtain a rude stone hatchet , set in a stone - cut wooden handle : it was firmly fixed in a hole made in the thick end of the handle . * It is a singular fact , and one ...
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