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 85
... land around Santo Domingo , but in every direction a succession of hills and valleys . The hills are not isolated ; they run in irregular ranges , having mostly an east and west direction , but with many modifications in their trend ...
... land around Santo Domingo , but in every direction a succession of hills and valleys . The hills are not isolated ; they run in irregular ranges , having mostly an east and west direction , but with many modifications in their trend ...
Page 95
... land slips . It is evident that if carried still further than in the case shown in the diagram , the lode would be brought down over the face of the hill , and the result has , I think , been achieved in some places , and a regular ...
... land slips . It is evident that if carried still further than in the case shown in the diagram , the lode would be brought down over the face of the hill , and the result has , I think , been achieved in some places , and a regular ...
Page 106
... land they gave their own names ; but for those quite new to them , which nearly always included the moun- tains , valleys , lakes , and rivers , and often the towns and Ch . VII . ] THE RIVULET ARTIGUA . 107 106 [ Ch . VII . THE ...
... land they gave their own names ; but for those quite new to them , which nearly always included the moun- tains , valleys , lakes , and rivers , and often the towns and Ch . VII . ] THE RIVULET ARTIGUA . 107 106 [ Ch . VII . THE ...
Page 122
... land shells . Three species are not uncommon in the forest around Santo Domingo . In all of them the females are dull brown or slaty black on the back and neck , these parts being beautiful bronze green in the male . The largest species ...
... land shells . Three species are not uncommon in the forest around Santo Domingo . In all of them the females are dull brown or slaty black on the back and neck , these parts being beautiful bronze green in the male . The largest species ...
Page 161
... for fresh - water and land crabs , on which it feeds . I had a long chase after the toledo . As soon as I got within sight of it , sometimes before , it would dart M away through the brushwood , generally across the brook ,
... for fresh - water and land crabs , on which it feeds . I had a long chase after the toledo . As soon as I got within sight of it , sometimes before , it would dart M away through the brushwood , generally across the brook ,
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