Natural History

The Naturalist in Nicaragua

by Thomas Belt

Thomas Belt, a mining engineer, spent four years at the gold mines of Chontales and watched the forest round them with great care. He described the leaf-cutting ants that farm a fungus and the acacias that keep ants as bodyguards. Darwin admired the book greatly.

The librarian

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Reading time

About 8 hr 5 min

Where to find it

The Naturalist’s Cabinet

Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #6321. In the public domain in the United States.