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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1 Commence Journey up San Juan River - Palms and Wild Canes - Plantations
The Colorado River - Proposed Improvement of the River - - - Progress of the
Delta - Mosquitoes Disagreeable Night - Fine Morning - Vegetation of the ...
1 Commence Journey up San Juan River - Palms and Wild Canes - Plantations
The Colorado River - Proposed Improvement of the River - - - Progress of the
Delta - Mosquitoes Disagreeable Night - Fine Morning - Vegetation of the ...
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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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Commence Journey up San Juan River Palms and Wild CanesPlantations
The Colorado River - Proposed Improvement of the River - Progress of the Delta -
Mosquitoes - Disagreeable Night - Fine Morning - Vegetation of the Banks ...
Commence Journey up San Juan River Palms and Wild CanesPlantations
The Colorado River - Proposed Improvement of the River - Progress of the Delta -
Mosquitoes - Disagreeable Night - Fine Morning - Vegetation of the Banks ...
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Altogether , with the streaming wet and the mosquitoes , it was one of the most
uncomfortable nights I have ever passed . The waning moon was sufficiently high
at four o ' clock to allow us to bring the long dreary night to an end , and to ...
Altogether , with the streaming wet and the mosquitoes , it was one of the most
uncomfortable nights I have ever passed . The waning moon was sufficiently high
at four o ' clock to allow us to bring the long dreary night to an end , and to ...
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The bungo is poled along by twelve bungo - men , who have usually only one
suit of clothes , which they do not wear during the day but keep stowed away
under the cargo that they may be dry to put on at night ; their bronzed , glistening
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The bungo is poled along by twelve bungo - men , who have usually only one
suit of clothes , which they do not wear during the day but keep stowed away
under the cargo that they may be dry to put on at night ; their bronzed , glistening
...
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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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