[Title-page of the First Edition] 
TAE 
NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA 
A Warrative of 
mene SIOUPNCE AT THE GOLD MINES OF CHONTALES ; 
TOURNEY S IN THE SAVANNAHS\AND FORESTS; 
With Observations of Animals and Plants in Reference to 
the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms. 
By THOMAS BELT; F:G:S. 
AUTHOR OF 
‘* MINERAL VEINS,” “‘ THE GLACIAL PERIOD IN NORTH AMERICA,” ETC. ETC. 
“Tt 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 man and beast, through grain and grass.” 
LONGFELLOW. 
