Narrative of a Five Years' Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam: In Guiana on the Wild Coast of South America, from the Years 1772 to 1777 ...University of Massachusetts Press, 1972 - 480 pages |
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Page 193
... species ; which I will embrace this opportunity to describe - these are the pingos or waree above - mentioned , the cras - pingo , and the Mexican hog , called the peccary . The pingos are about the size of our English small hogs ; they ...
... species ; which I will embrace this opportunity to describe - these are the pingos or waree above - mentioned , the cras - pingo , and the Mexican hog , called the peccary . The pingos are about the size of our English small hogs ; they ...
Page 461
... species - bajew There are at present three species of deer known . Stedman mentions only two species : Odocoileus virginianus cariacou ( Boddaer ) , Guyana White - tailed deer , Awojodia ( Srn . ) and Mazama gouazoubira nemorivaga ...
... species - bajew There are at present three species of deer known . Stedman mentions only two species : Odocoileus virginianus cariacou ( Boddaer ) , Guyana White - tailed deer , Awojodia ( Srn . ) and Mazama gouazoubira nemorivaga ...
Page 471
... species of ants ... no less than one inch in length , and perfectly black " is most likely the ajoekoe - ant ( = Paraponera clavata ) , which do not cut leaves . The following description of the leaf - harvesting ant refers to Atta of ...
... species of ants ... no less than one inch in length , and perfectly black " is most likely the ajoekoe - ant ( = Paraponera clavata ) , which do not cut leaves . The following description of the leaf - harvesting ant refers to Atta of ...
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