Identifier: worldsinhabitant00bett (find matches)
Title: The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Bettany, G. T. (George Thomas), 1850-1891
Subjects: Civilization Culture
Publisher: London Ward, Lock
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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40. BISCACHA. 41. PATAGONIAN CAVY. 42. TINAMOU. 43. ARMADILLO. (18). The great Spider of Brazilian forests (Mygale) (38) catches birds inits strong rope-like webs ; but insects constitute its main food. XTV. 3 I I I CHAPTEE XI.Slmentan plantd* AMERICA, stretching from the Arctic to the Antarctic regions, ofcourse includes an infinite variety of plant life, and much of it ispeculiar. Our space being limited, we can do little more than pass in
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so 60 ^OOrcoiw. AMERICA. (The numbers on the Map sho^y the regions where the various plants are found.) review the various trees and plants figured in the text. The magnificentMagnoha order, with its beautiful foliage and striking flowers, is repre-sented by the Tulip-tree (1), as well as various species of Magnolia (3) inNorth America. The North American Sugar-Maple (2) is notable for AMERICAN PLANTS. 851 the abundance of its sugary sap. The Red or Virginian Cedar (4), andthe Mammoth Fir (6) or Wellingtonia, are giant Conifers, The former ,

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