The Naturalist in Nicaragua: 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 |
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... ADVENTURE WITH A JAGUAR PEÑA BLANCA 129 130 145 148 . INDIAN STATUES 165 PATH UP STEEP HILL 193 213 QUISCALUS BULL'S - HORN THORN 218 LEAF OF MELASTOMA 223 PAGE NATIVE STILL 233 NATIVE PLOUGH 239 GEOLOGICAL SECTION NEAR PAGE.
... ADVENTURE WITH A JAGUAR PEÑA BLANCA 129 130 145 148 . INDIAN STATUES 165 PATH UP STEEP HILL 193 213 QUISCALUS BULL'S - HORN THORN 218 LEAF OF MELASTOMA 223 PAGE NATIVE STILL 233 NATIVE PLOUGH 239 GEOLOGICAL SECTION NEAR PAGE.
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Much is due to the porous sandy soil , but more I believe to what appears at first sight an element of danger , the perfect flatness of the ground . Where there are hills there must be hollows , and in these the air ...
Much is due to the porous sandy soil , but more I believe to what appears at first sight an element of danger , the perfect flatness of the ground . Where there are hills there must be hollows , and in these the air ...
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As at Greytown so at Pernambuco , the trade winds blow with much regularity , and there are neither hills nor hollows to interfere with the movements of the air , so that miasmatic exhalations cannot accumulate .
As at Greytown so at Pernambuco , the trade winds blow with much regularity , and there are neither hills nor hollows to interfere with the movements of the air , so that miasmatic exhalations cannot accumulate .
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About five o'clock , after paddling all day , we came in sight of Castillo , where there is an old ruined Spanish fort perched on the top of a hill overlooking the little town , which lies along the foot of the steep hill ; hemmed in ...
About five o'clock , after paddling all day , we came in sight of Castillo , where there is an old ruined Spanish fort perched on the top of a hill overlooking the little town , which lies along the foot of the steep hill ; hemmed in ...
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The first view of Castillo when coming up the river is a fine The fort - crowned hill and the little town clinging to its ... dark forest on the other , whilst the whole is relieved by the bright green grassy hills in the background .
The first view of Castillo when coming up the river is a fine The fort - crowned hill and the little town clinging to its ... dark forest on the other , whilst the whole is relieved by the bright green grassy hills in the background .
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