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 FormsE. Bumpus, 1888 - 403 pages |
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... Mule - breeding - Reach Acoyapo - Festa - Cross high range-- Esquipula - The Rio Mico - Supposed statues on its banks- Pital - Cultivation of maize - Its use from the earliest times in America ― Separation of the maize - eating from the ...
... Mule - breeding - Reach Acoyapo - Festa - Cross high range-- Esquipula - The Rio Mico - Supposed statues on its banks- Pital - Cultivation of maize - Its use from the earliest times in America ― Separation of the maize - eating from the ...
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... mule • 176 CHAPTER XI . Start on journey to Segovia - Rocky mountain road - A poor lodg- ing - The rock of Cuapo - The use of large beaks in some birds - Comoapa - A native doctor - Vultures - Flight of birds that soar - Natives live ...
... mule • 176 CHAPTER XI . Start on journey to Segovia - Rocky mountain road - A poor lodg- ing - The rock of Cuapo - The use of large beaks in some birds - Comoapa - A native doctor - Vultures - Flight of birds that soar - Natives live ...
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... mule - track to San José , the capital of Costa Rica . We paddled on all the afternoon with little change in the river . At eight we anchored for the night , and although it rained heavily again , I was better prepared for it , and ...
... mule - track to San José , the capital of Costa Rica . We paddled on all the afternoon with little change in the river . At eight we anchored for the night , and although it rained heavily again , I was better prepared for it , and ...
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... Mule - breeding— Reach Acoyapo - Festa - Cross High Range - Esquipula - The Rio Mico - Supposed statues on its banks - Pital - Cultivation of maize -Its use from the earliest times in America - Separation of the maize - eating from the ...
... Mule - breeding— Reach Acoyapo - Festa - Cross High Range - Esquipula - The Rio Mico - Supposed statues on its banks - Pital - Cultivation of maize -Its use from the earliest times in America - Separation of the maize - eating from the ...
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... Mules were waiting at San Ubaldo for us , and early next morning we set off , with our luggage on pack mules . We crossed some rocky low hills , with scanty vegetation , and , after passing the cattle hacienda of San José , reached the ...
... Mules were waiting at San Ubaldo for us , and early next morning we set off , with our luggage on pack mules . We crossed some rocky low hills , with scanty vegetation , and , after passing the cattle hacienda of San José , reached the ...
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