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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... reached a few stages beyond Cooper's Creek were well - nigh exhausted . Burke , the leader of the expedition , in desperation started with his two men , Wills and King , and bravely struck out for the Gulf of Car- pentaria . Through ...
... reached a few stages beyond Cooper's Creek were well - nigh exhausted . Burke , the leader of the expedition , in desperation started with his two men , Wills and King , and bravely struck out for the Gulf of Car- pentaria . Through ...
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... reached the bar we were dexterously taken over it— the Caribs waited just outside until a higher wave than usual came rolling in , then paddling with all their might we were carried over on its crest , and found our- selves in the ...
... reached the bar we were dexterously taken over it— the Caribs waited just outside until a higher wave than usual came rolling in , then paddling with all their might we were carried over on its crest , and found our- selves in the ...
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... reached the San Juan . Inside the bar we were in smooth water , for but a small stream is discharged by this channel . On our right was a sandy beach , on our left great beds of grass growing out of the shoal water - weedy banks filled ...
... reached the San Juan . Inside the bar we were in smooth water , for but a small stream is discharged by this channel . On our right was a sandy beach , on our left great beds of grass growing out of the shoal water - weedy banks filled ...
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... reached the Colorado branch , which carries off the greater part of the waters of the San Juan to the sea . This is about twenty miles above Greytown , but only eighteen by the Colorado to the sea , and is near the head of the delta ...
... reached the Colorado branch , which carries off the greater part of the waters of the San Juan to the sea . This is about twenty miles above Greytown , but only eighteen by the Colorado to the sea , and is near the head of the delta ...
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... reached the point where the Seripiqui , a river coming down from the interior of Costa Rica , joins the San Juan about thirty miles above Greytown . The Seri- piqui is navigable by canoes for about twenty miles from this point , and ...
... reached the point where the Seripiqui , a river coming down from the interior of Costa Rica , joins the San Juan about thirty miles above Greytown . The Seri- piqui is navigable by canoes for about twenty miles from this point , and ...
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