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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... rising above the surface of the water as it swam lazily about ; and the sailors of the mail steamers when lying off the port often amuse themselves by catching them with large hooks baited with pieces of meat . It is pro- bable that it ...
... rising above the surface of the water as it swam lazily about ; and the sailors of the mail steamers when lying off the port often amuse themselves by catching them with large hooks baited with pieces of meat . It is pro- bable that it ...
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... rising waves ; our drooping spirits revived , and there was an opening out of provisions , and life again in the dead . The breeze continued all the afternoon , and at dark we were off the islands of Nancital , having been all day ...
... rising waves ; our drooping spirits revived , and there was an opening out of provisions , and life again in the dead . The breeze continued all the afternoon , and at dark we were off the islands of Nancital , having been all day ...
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... rising ground , and small plains on which grows the ternate - leaved jicara ( pronounced hickory ) , a tree about as large as an apple - tree , with fruit of the size , shape , and appearance of a large green orange , but growing on the ...
... rising ground , and small plains on which grows the ternate - leaved jicara ( pronounced hickory ) , a tree about as large as an apple - tree , with fruit of the size , shape , and appearance of a large green orange , but growing on the ...
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... rising in the forest - clad ranges to the eastward , runs for several miles through the savannahs , then again enters the forest and flows into the Atlantic at Blewfields , a broad and deep river . This river must have had at one time a ...
... rising in the forest - clad ranges to the eastward , runs for several miles through the savannahs , then again enters the forest and flows into the Atlantic at Blewfields , a broad and deep river . This river must have had at one time a ...
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... rising a hundred feet without a branch , and carrying their domes of foliage directly up to where the balmy breezes blow and the sun's rays quicken . Lianas hurry up to the light and sunshine , and innumerable epiphytes perch themselves ...
... rising a hundred feet without a branch , and carrying their domes of foliage directly up to where the balmy breezes blow and the sun's rays quicken . Lianas hurry up to the light and sunshine , and innumerable epiphytes perch themselves ...
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