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 5
... rains , it is com- paratively healthy , and freer 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 ...
... rains , it is com- paratively healthy , and freer 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 ...
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... for me was impossible , and to add to the discomfort , at midnight the rain commenced to come down in torrents . We had an old tarpaulin with us , Ch . II . ] BOAT JOURNEY UP THE SAN 14 [ Ch . II . THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA .
... for me was impossible , and to add to the discomfort , at midnight the rain commenced to come down in torrents . We had an old tarpaulin with us , Ch . II . ] BOAT JOURNEY UP THE SAN 14 [ Ch . II . THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA .
Page 15
... rain ceased , the mists cleared away , our spirits revived , and we forgot our discomforts of the night in admiration of the beauties of the river . The banks were hidden by a curtain of creeping and twining plants , many of which bore ...
... rain ceased , the mists cleared away , our spirits revived , and we forgot our discomforts of the night in admiration of the beauties of the river . The banks were hidden by a curtain of creeping and twining plants , many of which bore ...
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... rain and at nightfall , make a fearful howling , though not so loud as the Brazilian species . Screaming macaws , in their gorgeous livery of blue , yellow , and scarlet , occasionally flew over- head , and tanagers and toucans were not ...
... rain and at nightfall , make a fearful howling , though not so loud as the Brazilian species . Screaming macaws , in their gorgeous livery of blue , yellow , and scarlet , occasionally flew over- head , and tanagers and toucans were not ...
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... was parched up in the dry season , the Atlantic forest , bathed in the rains distilled from the north - east trades , is ever verdant . Perennial moisture Ch . IV . ] ROAD THROUGH THE FOREST . 58 [ Ch . IV . THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA .
... was parched up in the dry season , the Atlantic forest , bathed in the rains distilled from the north - east trades , is ever verdant . Perennial moisture Ch . IV . ] ROAD THROUGH THE FOREST . 58 [ Ch . IV . THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA .
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