The Naturalist in Nicaragua by Thomas Belt
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CHAPTER 17. Cattle-raising.--Don Filiberto Trano's new house.--Horse-flies and wasps.--Teustepe.--Spider imitating ants.--Mimetic species. --Animals with special means of defence are conspicuously marked, or in other ways attract attention.--Accident to horse.--The "Mygale."--Illness.--Conclusion of journey. CHAPTER 18. Division of Nicaragua into three zones.--Journey from Juigalpa to lake of Nicaragua.--Voyage on lake.--Fresh-water shells and insects.--Similarity of fresh-water productions all over the world. --Distribution of European land and fresh-water shells.--Discussion of the reasons why fresh-water productions have varied less than those of the land and of the sea. CHAPTER 19. Iguanas and lizards.--Granada.--Politics.--Revolutions.--Cacao cultivation.--Masaya.--The lake of Masaya.--The volcano of Masaya. --Origin of the lake basin. CHAPTER 20. Indian population of the country lying between the great lakes of Nicaragua and the Pacific.--Discovery and conquest of Nicaragua by the Spaniards.--Cruelties of the Spaniards.--The Indians of Western Central America all belonged to one stock.--Decadence of Mexican |
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