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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... Range - Esquipula —The Rio Mico - Supposed Statues on its Banks - Pital - Cultivation of Maize - Its use from the earliest times in America - Separation of the Maize - eating from the Mandioca - eating Indigenes of America -Tortillas ...
... Range - Esquipula —The Rio Mico - Supposed Statues on its Banks - Pital - Cultivation of Maize - Its use from the earliest times in America - Separation of the Maize - eating from the Mandioca - eating Indigenes of America -Tortillas ...
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... Range composed of Boulder Clay - Daraily - Lost on the Savan- nahs - Jamaily - A Deer - hunter's Family - Totagalpa - Walls covered with Cement and Whitewashed - Ocotal - The Valley of Depilto - Silver Mine - Geology of the Valley ...
... Range composed of Boulder Clay - Daraily - Lost on the Savan- nahs - Jamaily - A Deer - hunter's Family - Totagalpa - Walls covered with Cement and Whitewashed - Ocotal - The Valley of Depilto - Silver Mine - Geology of the Valley ...
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... Range between Segovia and Mata- galpa - Sontuli - Birds ' Nests . CHAPTER XVI . Concordia - Jinotega - Indian Habits retained by the People - Indian Names of Towns - Security of Travellers in Nicaragua - Native Flour - milk ...
... Range between Segovia and Mata- galpa - Sontuli - Birds ' Nests . CHAPTER XVI . Concordia - Jinotega - Indian Habits retained by the People - Indian Names of Towns - Security of Travellers in Nicaragua - Native Flour - milk ...
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... drainage it is noted for its healthiness ; whilst a little lower down the coast the town of Maceio , situated about sixty feet above the sea , surrounded by undulating ranges and with a good natural drainage is much more.
... drainage it is noted for its healthiness ; whilst a little lower down the coast the town of Maceio , situated about sixty feet above the sea , surrounded by undulating ranges and with a good natural drainage is much more.
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... ranges and with a good natural drainage is much more unhealthy , fevers being very prevalent . As at Grey- town so at Pernambuco , the trade winds blow with much regularity , and there are no hills nor hollows to interfere with the ...
... ranges and with a good natural drainage is much more unhealthy , fevers being very prevalent . As at Grey- town so at Pernambuco , the trade winds blow with much regularity , and there are no hills nor hollows to interfere with the ...
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