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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... trees with many tall , graceful palms ; the undergrowth being ferns , small palms , Melastoma , Heliconiæ , & c . The houses at the plantations were mostly miserable thatched huts with scarcely any furni- ture , the owners passing most ...
... trees with many tall , graceful palms ; the undergrowth being ferns , small palms , Melastoma , Heliconiæ , & c . The houses at the plantations were mostly miserable thatched huts with scarcely any furni- ture , the owners passing most ...
Page 14
... trees , and gradually form sand - banks at its mouth , pushing out the delta further and further at this point , until it was greatly in advance of the rest of the coast ; the river would then break through again by some nearer channel ...
... trees , and gradually form sand - banks at its mouth , pushing out the delta further and further at this point , until it was greatly in advance of the rest of the coast ; the river would then break through again by some nearer channel ...
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... trees . Now and then we passed more open spots , affording glimpses each into the forest , where grew , in the dark shade , slender - stemmed palms and beautiful tree - ferns , contrasting with the great leaves of the Heliconia . At ...
... trees . Now and then we passed more open spots , affording glimpses each into the forest , where grew , in the dark shade , slender - stemmed palms and beautiful tree - ferns , contrasting with the great leaves of the Heliconia . At ...
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... trees . Amongst the mammalia the opossums can convey their young out of danger in their pouches , and the females of many of the tree - rats and mice have a hard callosity near the teats , to which the young cling with their milk teeth ...
... trees . Amongst the mammalia the opossums can convey their young out of danger in their pouches , and the females of many of the tree - rats and mice have a hard callosity near the teats , to which the young cling with their milk teeth ...
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... tree ; but in Central America the tree that yields it is a specimen of wild fig ( Castilloa elastica ) . It is easily known by its large leaves , and I saw several whilst ascending the river . When the collectors find an untapped one in ...
... tree ; but in Central America the tree that yields it is a specimen of wild fig ( Castilloa elastica ) . It is easily known by its large leaves , and I saw several whilst ascending the river . When the collectors find an untapped one in ...
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