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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Page 10
... amongst the soil , the alligator never moves until one gets within his reach , when he seizes it and hurries off to the river with it . They are often seen in hot weather on logs or sand - spits lying with their mouths wide open . The ...
... amongst the soil , the alligator never moves until one gets within his reach , when he seizes it and hurries off to the river with it . They are often seen in hot weather on logs or sand - spits lying with their mouths wide open . The ...
Page 12
... amongst long grass and rushes that almost touched us on either side . Greytown , with its neat white houses , and ... amongst which we occasionally saw curious green lizards , with leaf - like expansions , which like those on the leaf ...
... amongst long grass and rushes that almost touched us on either side . Greytown , with its neat white houses , and ... amongst which we occasionally saw curious green lizards , with leaf - like expansions , which like those on the leaf ...
Page 18
... amongst some fallen brushwood . The cockroaches , spiders , and other insects , instead of running right away , would ascend the fallen branches and remain there , whilst the host of ants were occupying all the ground below . By - and ...
... amongst some fallen brushwood . The cockroaches , spiders , and other insects , instead of running right away , would ascend the fallen branches and remain there , whilst the host of ants were occupying all the ground below . By - and ...
Page 19
... amongst a host of ants , many of which ran over its legs , without ever discovering there was food within their reach . So fixed was its instinctive knowledge that its safety depended on its immovability , that it allowed me to pick it ...
... amongst a host of ants , many of which ran over its legs , without ever discovering there was food within their reach . So fixed was its instinctive knowledge that its safety depended on its immovability , that it allowed me to pick it ...
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 ...
... 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 ...
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