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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... reached the bar we were dexterously taken over it - the Caribs waited just outside until a higher wave than usual came rolling in , then paddling with all their might we were carried over on its crest , and found ourselves in the smooth ...
... reached the bar we were dexterously taken over it - the Caribs waited just outside until a higher wave than usual came rolling in , then paddling with all their might we were carried over on its crest , and found ourselves in the smooth ...
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... reached the San Juan . Inside the bar we were in smooth water , for but a small stream is discharged by this channel . On our right was a sandy beach , on our left great beds of grass growing out of the shoal water - weedy banks filling ...
... reached the San Juan . Inside the bar we were in smooth water , for but a small stream is discharged by this channel . On our right was a sandy beach , on our left great beds of grass growing out of the shoal water - weedy banks filling ...
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... reached the Colorado branch , which carries off the greater part of the waters of the San Juan to the sea . This is about twenty miles above Greytown , but only eighteen by the Colorado to the sea , and is near the head of the delta ...
... reached the Colorado branch , which carries off the greater part of the waters of the San Juan to the sea . This is about twenty miles above Greytown , but only eighteen by the Colorado to the sea , and is near the head of the delta ...
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... reached the point where the Seripiqui , a river coming down from the interior of Costa Rica , joins the San Juan about thirty miles above Greytown . The Seri- piqui is navigable by canoes for about twenty miles from this point , and ...
... reached the point where the Seripiqui , a river coming down from the interior of Costa Rica , joins the San Juan about thirty miles above Greytown . The Seri- piqui is navigable by canoes for about twenty miles from this point , and ...
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... reached , the column spreads out over it , searching through all the holes and cracks . The workers are of various sizes , and the smallest are here of use , for they squeeze themselves into the narrowest holes , and search out their ...
... reached , the column spreads out over it , searching through all the holes and cracks . The workers are of various sizes , and the smallest are here of use , for they squeeze themselves into the narrowest holes , and search out their ...
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