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 Forms |
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Page 23
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 , and can be
...
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 , and can be
...
Page 28
... assisting each in danger , defending their nests at the risk of their own lives ,
communicating information rapidly to a great distance , making a regular division
of work , the whole community taking charge of the rearing of the young , and all ...
... assisting each in danger , defending their nests at the risk of their own lives ,
communicating information rapidly to a great distance , making a regular division
of work , the whole community taking charge of the rearing of the young , and all ...
Page 34
... on amongst them through the 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 .
... on amongst them through the 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 .
Page 52
Here the Spaniards were attacked in the night - time by the Rio Mico Indians ,
and all of them killed , excepting the young women , who were carried off into
captivity , and the place has ever since lain desolate . Many extravagant stories
have ...
Here the Spaniards were attacked in the night - time by the Rio Mico Indians ,
and all of them killed , excepting the young women , who were carried off into
captivity , and the place has ever since lain desolate . Many extravagant stories
have ...
Page 54
The 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
great ...
The 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
great ...
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| Title | 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 Forms |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1874 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 28 aug. 2008 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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