CHAPTER 21.
Return to Santo Domingo.—The birds of Chontales.—The insects of Chontales.—Mimetic forms.—Departure from the mines.—Nicaragua as a field for emigration.—Journey to Greytown.—Return to England.
INDEX.
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
PLATE 1. SKETCH MAP OF NICARAGUA.
PLATE 2. ALLIGATORS.
PLATE 3. HEADS OF MOT-MOTS.
PLATE 4. COMMISSIONER'S HOUSE AT SANTO DOMINGO.
PLATE 5. NEST OF LEAF-CUTTING ANT.
PLATE 6. MACHINERY OF CHONTALES GOLD-MINING COMPANY.
PLATE 7. SECTION OF MINE SHOWING METHOD OF EXTRACTING THE ORE.
PLATE 8. SECTION OF SAN ANTONIO LODE.
PLATE 9. HUMMING-BIRDS (Florisuga mellivora, LINN.).
PLATE 10. TONGUES OF HUMMING-BIRD AND WOODPECKER.
PLATE 11. PITCHER-FLOWER (Marcgravia nepenthoides).
PLATE 12. FLOWER OF THE "PALOSABRE."
PLATE 13. ADVENTURE WITH A JAGUAR.
PLATE 14. PENA BLANCA.
PLATE 15. INDIAN STATUES.
PLATE 16. PATH UP STEEP HILL.
PLATE 17. QUISCALUS.
PLATE 18. BULL'S-HORN THORN.
PLATE 19. LEAF OF MELASTOMA.
PLATE 20. NATIVE STILL.
PLATE 21. NATIVE PLOUGH.
PLATE 22. GEOLOGICAL SECTION NEAR OCOTAL.
PLATE 23. HORNET AND MIMETIC BUG.
PLATE 24. GEOLOGICAL SECTION AT MASAYA.
PLATE 25. LONGICORN BEETLES OF CHONTALES.
PLATE 26. LEAF INSECT.
PLATE 27. MOSS INSECT.
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