Indian hut, at a height of 3000 feet, for the sake of devoting a month to the exploration of that interesting mountain. The walls of the hut were merely a single row of strips of Palm trees, with spaces between them wide enough to admit larger animals... Ants in Their Diverse Relations to the Plant World - Seite 343von Joseph Charles Bequaert - 1922 - 251 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Richard Spruce - 1908 - 606 Seiten
...in the Eastern Peruvian Andes. I had taken up my abode in a solitary Indian hut, at a height of 3000 feet, for the sake of devoting a month to the exploration...tough for them ; but they made short work of a bunch of ripe plantains, and rooted out cockroaches, spiders, and other suchlike denizens of a forest hut.... | |
| Geological Society of America - 1910 - 962 Seiten
...solitary Indian hut, at a height of 3,000 feet, for the sake of devoting a month to the explorntion of that Interesting mountain. The walls of the hut...nimbly about and tried their teeth on everything. My charqul proved too tough for them ; but they made short work of a bunch of ripe plantains, and rooted... | |
| 1868 - 798 Seiten
...of that interesting mountain. The walls of the hut were merely a single row of strips of palm-trees, with spaces between them wide enough to admit larger...tough for them ; but they made short work of a bunch of ripe plantain, and rooted out cockroaches, spiders, and other suchlike denizens of a forest hut.... | |
| Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1912 - 854 Seiten
...of these ants, but the following, quoted from Dr. Richard Spruce, will give a clear idea of them:1 One morning soon after sunrise the hut was suddenly...tough for them; but they made short work of a bunch of ripe plantains, and rooted out cockroaches, spiders, and other such like denizens of a forest hut.... | |
| Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1912 - 836 Seiten
...will give a clear idea of them: J One morning Boon after sunrise the hut was suddenly filled with brge blackish ants, which ran nimbly about and tried their...tough for them ; but they made short work of a bunch of ripe plantains, and rooted out cockroaches, spiders, and other such like denizens of a forest hut.... | |
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