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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Configuration of the Ground at Santo Domingo - Excavation of Valleys - Geology
of the District - Decomposition of the Rocks - Goldmining - Aurifervus Quartz
Veins - Mode of occurrence of the Gold - Lodes richer next the surface than at
lower ...
Configuration of the Ground at Santo Domingo - Excavation of Valleys - Geology
of the District - Decomposition of the Rocks - Goldmining - Aurifervus Quartz
Veins - Mode of occurrence of the Gold - Lodes richer next the surface than at
lower ...
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... it - Sagacity of the Mule · · · · · 176 CHAPTER XI . Start on journey to Segovia —
Rocky Mountain Road - A Poor Lodging – The Rock of Cuapo — The use of large
beaks in some BirdsPAGE Comoapa - A Native Doctor - Vultures - Flight of.
... it - Sagacity of the Mule · · · · · 176 CHAPTER XI . Start on journey to Segovia —
Rocky Mountain Road - A Poor Lodging – The Rock of Cuapo — The use of large
beaks in some BirdsPAGE Comoapa - A Native Doctor - Vultures - Flight of.
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Olama – The “ Sanate " - Muymuy - Idleness of the People — Mountain Road —
The “ Bull Rock ” — The Bull ' s - horn Thorn - Ants kept as Standing Armies by
some Plants — Use of Honey - secreting Glands - Plant - lice , Scale - insects ,
and ...
Olama – The “ Sanate " - Muymuy - Idleness of the People — Mountain Road —
The “ Bull Rock ” — The Bull ' s - horn Thorn - Ants kept as Standing Armies by
some Plants — Use of Honey - secreting Glands - Plant - lice , Scale - insects ,
and ...
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... being where it is most required , at the bottom , to withstand the thumping about
amongst the rocks of the rapids . ... when we were driven with the full force of the
boiling stream broadside upon a rock , with such force that we were nearly.
... being where it is most required , at the bottom , to withstand the thumping about
amongst the rocks of the rapids . ... when we were driven with the full force of the
boiling stream broadside upon a rock , with such force that we were nearly.
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a rock , with such force that we were nearly all thrown down , but the strong
canoe was uninjured , although no common boat could have stood the shock
without being staved in . Having determined to go up the river in this boat , we
took ...
a rock , with such force that we were nearly all thrown down , but the strong
canoe was uninjured , although no common boat could have stood the shock
without being staved in . Having determined to go up the river in this boat , we
took ...
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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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