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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43 CHAPTER V . Geographical position of Santo Domingo - Physical Geography
, The Inhabitants - Mixed Races - Negroes and Indians comparedWomen -
Establishment of the Chontales Gold Mining Company - My House and Garden ...
43 CHAPTER V . Geographical position of Santo Domingo - Physical Geography
, The Inhabitants - Mixed Races - Negroes and Indians comparedWomen -
Establishment of the Chontales Gold Mining Company - My House and Garden ...
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... Contrast between the ancient and the present Inhabitants — Night Life 150
CHAPTER X . Juigalpa — A Nicaraguan Family — Description of the Road from
Juigalpa to Santo Domingo — Comparative scarcity of Insects in Nicaragua in
1872 ...
... Contrast between the ancient and the present Inhabitants — Night Life 150
CHAPTER X . Juigalpa — A Nicaraguan Family — Description of the Road from
Juigalpa to Santo Domingo — Comparative scarcity of Insects in Nicaragua in
1872 ...
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As a similar in. stance I may mention the city of Pernambuco , on the eastern
coast of Brazil , containing 80 , 000 inhabitants . It is perfectly level like Greytown ,
surrounded and intersected with channels of water , above the level of which it
only ...
As a similar in. stance I may mention the city of Pernambuco , on the eastern
coast of Brazil , containing 80 , 000 inhabitants . It is perfectly level like Greytown ,
surrounded and intersected with channels of water , above the level of which it
only ...
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India rubber was well known to the ancient inhabitants of Central America .
Before the Spanish conquest the Mexicans played with balls made from it , and it
still bears its Aztec name of Ulli , from which the Spaniards call the collectors of it
...
India rubber was well known to the ancient inhabitants of Central America .
Before the Spanish conquest the Mexicans played with balls made from it , and it
still bears its Aztec name of Ulli , from which the Spaniards call the collectors of it
...
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Most fabulous stories have been told about the Rio Frio and its inhabitants ;
stories of great cities , golden ornaments , and light - haired people ; it may be
useful , therefore , to relate what is known about it . The Rio Frio comes down
from the ...
Most fabulous stories have been told about the Rio Frio and its inhabitants ;
stories of great cities , golden ornaments , and light - haired people ; it may be
useful , therefore , to relate what is known about it . The Rio Frio comes down
from the ...
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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 |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1874 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 28 aug. 2008 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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