./, 



THE 



NATFEALIST IN NICABAGUA: 



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 FORMS. 



BY THOMAS BELT, F.G.S., 



Al'THOR OF " MINERAL VEINS," " THE GLACIAL PERIOD IX NORTH AMERICA, 



ETC., ETC. 



" It was his faith, perhaps is mine, 

 That life in all its forms is one, 

 And that its secret conduits run 

 Unseen, but in unbroken line, 

 From the great fountain-head divine, 

 Through uian and beast, through grain and grass.'' 



LONGFEl I.nU 



WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS. 



LONDON : 

 JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, 



1874. 



[The right of Translation is reserved.} 



