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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When we 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 ...
When we 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 ...
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... and fresh water , and when returning were swamped on the bar . Columbus
had rounded Cape Gracias a Dios four days before , and had sailed down the
coast with a fair wind and tide , so that he might easily have reached the San
Juan .
... and fresh water , and when returning were swamped on the bar . Columbus
had rounded Cape Gracias a Dios four days before , and had sailed down the
coast with a fair wind and tide , so that he might easily have reached the San
Juan .
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At seven o ' clock we 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
...
At seven o ' clock we 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
...
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At noon we 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 Seripiqui is navigable by canoes for about twenty miles from this point , and ...
At noon we 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 Seripiqui is navigable by canoes for about twenty miles from this point , and ...
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When a fallen log is 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 ...
When a fallen log is 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 ...
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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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