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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... Town - Trade - Healthiness of the Town and its probable cause - Comparison between Greytown , Pernam- buco , and Maceio - Wild Fruits - Plants - Parrots , Toucans , and Tanagers - Butterflies and Beetles - Mimetic Forms - Alligators ...
... Town - Trade - Healthiness of the Town and its probable cause - Comparison between Greytown , Pernam- buco , and Maceio - Wild Fruits - Plants - Parrots , Toucans , and Tanagers - Butterflies and Beetles - Mimetic Forms - Alligators ...
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... Towns - Security of Travellers in Nicaragua - Native Flour - milk - Uncomfortable Lodgings - Tierrabona - Dust Whirl- wind - Initial form of a Cyclone - The origin of Cyclones CHAPTER XVII . Cattle - raising - Don Filiberto Trano's new ...
... Towns - Security of Travellers in Nicaragua - Native Flour - milk - Uncomfortable Lodgings - Tierrabona - Dust Whirl- wind - Initial form of a Cyclone - The origin of Cyclones CHAPTER XVII . Cattle - raising - Don Filiberto Trano's new ...
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... Town - Trade- Healthiness of the Town and its probable cause - Comparison between Greytown , Pernambuco , and Maceio - Wild Fruits- Plants Parrots , Toucans , and Tanagers - Butterflies and Beetles - Mimetic Forms - Alligators - Boy ...
... Town - Trade- Healthiness of the Town and its probable cause - Comparison between Greytown , Pernambuco , and Maceio - Wild Fruits- Plants Parrots , Toucans , and Tanagers - Butterflies and Beetles - Mimetic Forms - Alligators - Boy ...
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... town , but for several years past the Colorado branch has been taking away more and more of the waters , and the port of Greytown has in consequence silted up . All ships now have to lie off outside , and a shallow and , in heavy ...
... town , but for several years past the Colorado branch has been taking away more and more of the waters , and the port of Greytown has in consequence silted up . All ships now have to lie off outside , and a shallow and , in heavy ...
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... town was now in full view - neat , white painted houses , with plume - crowned palms rising amongst and over them ; and we landed at one of several wooden wharves that jut into the river . Greytown , though only a small place , is one B 2.
... town was now in full view - neat , white painted houses , with plume - crowned palms rising amongst and over them ; and we landed at one of several wooden wharves that jut into the river . Greytown , though only a small place , is one B 2.
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