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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Page 84
... stones ; but although great numbers carrying leaves were thus cut off from the nest , they would not cross the rails , but set to work making fresh tunnels underneath them . Apparently an order had gone forth , or a general ...
... stones ; but although great numbers carrying leaves were thus cut off from the nest , they would not cross the rails , but set to work making fresh tunnels underneath them . Apparently an order had gone forth , or a general ...
Page 91
... stone of more or less extent . These richer portions of the lodes , if sunk upon perpendicularly , will be passed through , but so also they would be if followed horizontally , their extent in one direction being as great as it is in ...
... stone of more or less extent . These richer portions of the lodes , if sunk upon perpendicularly , will be passed through , but so also they would be if followed horizontally , their extent in one direction being as great as it is in ...
Page 93
... stones . Four large stones of quartz are dragged round and round in this trough , and grind the coarse sand to fine powder . The gold liberated sinks into the crevices in the stone pavement , a little mercury being put into the trough ...
... stones . Four large stones of quartz are dragged round and round in this trough , and grind the coarse sand to fine powder . The gold liberated sinks into the crevices in the stone pavement , a little mercury being put into the trough ...
Page 100
... stones , have been formed . 2. Carried to greater depths and subjected to more intense heat , the strata have been completely fused , and the liquid or pasty mass , invading the contorted strata above it , has formed perfectly ...
... stones , have been formed . 2. Carried to greater depths and subjected to more intense heat , the strata have been completely fused , and the liquid or pasty mass , invading the contorted strata above it , has formed perfectly ...
Page 124
... stretched across them ; their cooking utensils a tortilla - stone and a few coarse earthenware jars and pans ; their clothing dirty cotton rags . This was the limit of my 124 [ Ch . VII . THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA .
... stretched across them ; their cooking utensils a tortilla - stone and a few coarse earthenware jars and pans ; their clothing dirty cotton rags . This was the limit of my 124 [ Ch . VII . THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA .
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