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 FormsJ. Murray, 1874 - 403 pages |
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Page 32
... going up to the interior . The first view of Castillo when coming up the river is a fine one . The fort - crowned hill and the little town clinging to its foot form the centre of the picture . The clear , sparkling , dancing rapids on ...
... going up to the interior . The first view of Castillo when coming up the river is a fine one . The fort - crowned hill and the little town clinging to its foot form the centre of the picture . The clear , sparkling , dancing rapids on ...
Page 34
... going on amongst them through the young ones being tapped as well as the full - grown ones . The tree grows very quickly , and plantations of it might easily be made , which would in the course of ten or twelve years become highly ...
... going on amongst them through the young ones being tapped as well as the full - grown ones . The tree grows very quickly , and plantations of it might easily be made , which would in the course of ten or twelve years become highly ...
Page 65
... Going up the valley from the village , on the right - hand side , about fifty yards from the road , on a grass - covered slope , stand the houses of the commis- sioner and cashier , in the latter of which the medical officer also lives ...
... Going up the valley from the village , on the right - hand side , about fifty yards from the road , on a grass - covered slope , stand the houses of the commis- sioner and cashier , in the latter of which the medical officer also lives ...
Page 100
... going on , and has nothing necessarily to do with the original filling of the lodes ; indeed , their arrangement is so different that it helps to prove they have been differently formed . It would take a volume to discuss this question ...
... going on , and has nothing necessarily to do with the original filling of the lodes ; indeed , their arrangement is so different that it helps to prove they have been differently formed . It would take a volume to discuss this question ...
Page 117
... , one of our officers , told me that one day he heard a monkey crying out in the forest for more than two hours , and at last , going to see what was the matter , he saw a monkey on a branch and an eagle beside it trying to.
... , one of our officers , told me that one day he heard a monkey crying out in the forest for more than two hours , and at last , going to see what was the matter , he saw a monkey on a branch and an eagle beside it trying to.
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