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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... 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 , and can be dragged away by the mother to a place of ...
... 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 , and can be dragged away by the mother to a place of ...
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... young , and all imbued with the strongest sense of industry , each individual labouring not for itself alone but also for its * Darwin , Descent of Man , vol . i . p . 145 . fellows - we may imagine that Sir Thomas More's descrip- 28 ...
... young , and all imbued with the strongest sense of industry , each individual labouring not for itself alone but also for its * Darwin , Descent of Man , vol . i . p . 145 . fellows - we may imagine that Sir Thomas More's descrip- 28 ...
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... young ones being tapped as well as the full - grown ones . The tree grows very quickly , and plantations of it might easily be made , which would in the course of ten or twelve years become highly remunerative . We left Castillo at ...
... young ones being tapped as well as the full - grown ones . The tree grows very quickly , and plantations of it might easily be made , which would in the course of ten or twelve years become highly remunerative . We left Castillo at ...
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... young women , who were carried off into captivity , and the place has ever since lain desolate . Many extravagant stories have been told of the great statues that are said to have been seen on the banks of the Mico , much lower down the ...
... young women , who were carried off into captivity , and the place has ever since lain desolate . Many extravagant stories have been told of the great statues that are said to have been seen on the banks of the Mico , much lower down the ...
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... young ears are boiled whole , and make a tender and much - esteemed vegetable . They are called at this stage " chilote , " from the Aztec xilotl ; and the ancient Mexicans in their eighth month , which began on the 16th July , made a ...
... young ears are boiled whole , and make a tender and much - esteemed vegetable . They are called at this stage " chilote , " from the Aztec xilotl ; and the ancient Mexicans in their eighth month , which began on the 16th July , made a ...
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amongst ancient animals ants Atlantic attacks beautiful beetles birds branches brushwood bushes butterflies carried cattle Central America Chontales colour continued couvade covered crossed dark Depilto dogs Ecitons feet flowers forest fresh-water fruit glacial period gold grass green Greytown ground hills Indians inhabitants insects islands Jinotega journey Juigalpa lake land larvæ leaf-cutting ants leaves Libertad live lodes longicorn look maize Masaya Matagalpa Mexico miles mines mountain mules Nahuatls natives nearly nest Nicaragua night numerous o'clock Ocotal passed plains plants prey probably quartz quartz veins rain range reached resemblance Rio Frio river road rocks rocky San Ubaldo Santo Domingo savannahs seen side slope soon Spaniards species spiders steep stones surface Teustepe tion told Totagalpa town trachyte travelling trees trogons tropical America valley variety vegetation Velasquez wasp whilst wings yellow young