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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PAGE CHAPTER I . Arrival at Greytown The river San Juan - Silting up of the
harbour - Crossing the bar - Lives lost on it - Sharks - Chris . topher Columbus -
Appearance of the town - Trade - Healthiness of the town and its probable cause
...
PAGE CHAPTER I . Arrival at Greytown The river San Juan - Silting up of the
harbour - Crossing the bar - Lives lost on it - Sharks - Chris . topher Columbus -
Appearance of the town - Trade - Healthiness of the town and its probable cause
...
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PAGE Advantages of the Nicaraguan route The Rio Frio Stories about the
wild Indians Indian captive children - Expeditions up the Rio Frio - American
river steamboats . . 30 CHAPTER IV . The lake of Nicaragua Ometepec ...
PAGE Advantages of the Nicaraguan route The Rio Frio Stories about the
wild Indians Indian captive children - Expeditions up the Rio Frio - American
river steamboats . . 30 CHAPTER IV . The lake of Nicaragua Ometepec ...
Page 1
Arrival at Greytown The river San Juan - Silting up of the harbour - Crossing
the bar - Lives lost on it - Sharks Christopher Columbus - Appearance of the
town Trade Healthiness of the town and its probable cause - Comparison ...
Arrival at Greytown The river San Juan - Silting up of the harbour - Crossing
the bar - Lives lost on it - Sharks Christopher Columbus - Appearance of the
town Trade Healthiness of the town and its probable cause - Comparison ...
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... the lake to keep open a fine harbour , if it were not that about twenty miles
above its mouth it begins to dissipate its force by sending off a large branch
called the Colorado river , and lower down parts with more of its waters by side
channels .
... the lake to keep open a fine harbour , if it were not that about twenty miles
above its mouth it begins to dissipate its force by sending off a large branch
called the Colorado river , and lower down parts with more of its waters by side
channels .
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3 their bodies were ever found ; for what adds to the horror of an upset at this
place , and perhaps has unnerved many a man at a critical moment , is that large
sharks swarm about the entrance to the river . We saw the fin of one rising above
...
3 their bodies were ever found ; for what adds to the horror of an upset at this
place , and perhaps has unnerved many a man at a critical moment , is that large
sharks swarm about the entrance to the river . We saw the fin of one rising above
...
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| Title | 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 |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | E. Bumpus, 1888 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 26 nov. 2008 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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