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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113 , PITCHER - FLOWER ( Marcgravia nepenthoides ) . . . 129 FLOWER OF
THE “ PALOSABRE ” . . . . . . 130 ADVENTURE WITH A JAGUAR PEÑA BLANCA
. . . INDIAN STATUES . . . PATH UP STEEP HILL . . . . . . . . 193 QUISCALUS .
113 , PITCHER - FLOWER ( Marcgravia nepenthoides ) . . . 129 FLOWER OF
THE “ PALOSABRE ” . . . . . . 130 ADVENTURE WITH A JAGUAR PEÑA BLANCA
. . . INDIAN STATUES . . . PATH UP STEEP HILL . . . . . . . . 193 QUISCALUS .
Page 5
... from fever than many places that appear at first sight better situated . 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
...
... from fever than many places that appear at first sight better situated . 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
...
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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 . Surrounding the cleared ...
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 . Surrounding the cleared ...
Page 31
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 between it and
the ...
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 between it and
the ...
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The fort - crowned hill and the little town clinging to its foot form the centre of the
picture . ... rapids on one side contrast with the still , dark forest on the other ,
whilst the whole is relieved by the bright green grassy hills in the background .
The fort - crowned hill and the little town clinging to its foot form the centre of the
picture . ... rapids on one side contrast with the still , dark forest on the other ,
whilst the whole is relieved by the bright green grassy hills in the background .
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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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