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 75
... followed up the paths of the invading hosts to their nest , which was about one hundred yards distant , close to the edge of the forest . The nest was not a very large one , the low mound of earth covering it being about four yards in ...
... followed up the paths of the invading hosts to their nest , which was about one hundred yards distant , close to the edge of the forest . The nest was not a very large one , the low mound of earth covering it being about four yards in ...
Page 77
... followed them to their nest , and found it about two hundred yards from the one of the year before . I poured down the burrows , as before , several buckets of water with carbolic acid . The water is required to carry the acid down to ...
... followed them to their nest , and found it about two hundred yards from the one of the year before . I poured down the burrows , as before , several buckets of water with carbolic acid . The water is required to carry the acid down to ...
Page 89
... , San Antonio , and Javali lodes , very rich ore was also discovered within a few fathoms of the surface . When , however , these deposits were followed downwards , they invariably got poorer , and Ch . VI . ] 89 QUARTZ LODES .
... , San Antonio , and Javali lodes , very rich ore was also discovered within a few fathoms of the surface . When , however , these deposits were followed downwards , they invariably got poorer , and Ch . VI . ] 89 QUARTZ LODES .
Page 90
... followed downwards , they invariably got poorer , and at one hundred feet from the surface , no very rich ore had been met with . Below that , when the works are prosecuted still deeper , there does not appear to be any further ...
... followed downwards , they invariably got poorer , and at one hundred feet from the surface , no very rich ore had been met with . Below that , when the works are prosecuted still deeper , there does not appear to be any further ...
Page 91
... followed horizontally , their extent in one direction being as great as it is in the other . The chances of meeting with further patches of rich ore in depth , after one has been passed through , are about the same as they are in ...
... followed horizontally , their extent in one direction being as great as it is in the other . The chances of meeting with further patches of rich ore in depth , after one has been passed through , are about the same as they are in ...
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