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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TO HENRY WALTER BATES , WHOSE ADMIRABLE WORK , “ THE
NATURALIST ON THE RIVER AMAZONS , ' ' HAS BEEN MY GUIDE AND
MODEL , I Dedicate this Book , AS A TOKEN OF RESPECT AND FRIENDSHIP .
PREFACE : The ...
TO HENRY WALTER BATES , WHOSE ADMIRABLE WORK , “ THE
NATURALIST ON THE RIVER AMAZONS , ' ' HAS BEEN MY GUIDE AND
MODEL , I Dedicate this Book , AS A TOKEN OF RESPECT AND FRIENDSHIP .
PREFACE : The ...
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PAGE Arrival at Greytown - The River San Juan - Silting up of the Harbour -
Crossing the Bar - Lives lost on it - Sharks - Christopher Columbus - Appearance
of the Town - Trade - Healthiness of the Town and its probable cause -
Comparison ...
PAGE Arrival at Greytown - The River San Juan - Silting up of the Harbour -
Crossing the Bar - Lives lost on it - Sharks - Christopher Columbus - Appearance
of the Town - Trade - Healthiness of the Town and its probable cause -
Comparison ...
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PAGE Comoapa - A Native Doctor - Vultures - Flight of Birds that Soar - Natives
live from generation to generation on the same spotDo not give distinctive Names
to the Rivers - Caribs barter Guns and Iron - pots for Dogs — The Hairless Dogs ...
PAGE Comoapa - A Native Doctor - Vultures - Flight of Birds that Soar - Natives
live from generation to generation on the same spotDo not give distinctive Names
to the Rivers - Caribs barter Guns and Iron - pots for Dogs — The Hairless Dogs ...
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CHAPTER I . Arrival at Greytown — The River San Juan - Silting up of the
Harbour - Crossing the Bar - Lives lost on it - Sharks – Christopher Columbus —
Appearance of the Town - TradeHealthiness of the Town and its probable cause
...
CHAPTER I . Arrival at Greytown — The River San Juan - Silting up of the
Harbour - Crossing the Bar - Lives lost on it - Sharks – Christopher Columbus —
Appearance of the Town - TradeHealthiness of the Town and its probable cause
...
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Juan is a noble river , and even in the dry months , from March to June , there is
sufficient water coming down from the lake to keep open a fine harbour , if it were
not that about twenty miles above its mouth it begins to dissipate its force by ...
Juan is a noble river , and even in the dry months , from March to June , there is
sufficient water coming down from the lake to keep open a fine harbour , if it were
not that about twenty miles above its mouth it begins to dissipate its force by ...
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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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