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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PAGE The Lake of Nicaragua - - Ometepec - Becalmed on the Lake - - White
Cygnets - Reach San Ubaldo - Ride across the Plains — Vegetation of the Plains
- Armadillo Savannahs - - Jicara Trees - Jicara Bowls - Origin of Gourd - shaped ...
PAGE The Lake of Nicaragua - - Ometepec - Becalmed on the Lake - - White
Cygnets - Reach San Ubaldo - Ride across the Plains — Vegetation of the Plains
- Armadillo Savannahs - - Jicara Trees - Jicara Bowls - Origin of Gourd - shaped ...
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Others are nearly hidden amongst palms and bread - fruit , orange , mango , and
other tropical fruit trees . A lovely creeper ( Antigonon leptopus ) , with festoons of
pink and rose - coloured flowers , adorns some of the gardens . It is called la ...
Others are nearly hidden amongst palms and bread - fruit , orange , mango , and
other tropical fruit trees . A lovely creeper ( Antigonon leptopus ) , with festoons of
pink and rose - coloured flowers , adorns some of the gardens . It is called la ...
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Surrounding the cleared portions around Greytown is a scrubby bush , amongst
which are many guayava trees ( Psidium sp . ) having a fruit like a small apple
filled with seeds , of a sub - acid flavour , from which the celebrated guava jelly is
...
Surrounding the cleared portions around Greytown is a scrubby bush , amongst
which are many guayava trees ( Psidium sp . ) having a fruit like a small apple
filled with seeds , of a sub - acid flavour , from which the celebrated guava jelly is
...
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At the far end of a sand - spit , near where some low trees grew , I saw several
dark objects lying close to the water on the shelving banks . They were alligators
basking in the sun . As I approached , most of them crawled into the water .
At the far end of a sand - spit , near where some low trees grew , I saw several
dark objects lying close to the water on the shelving banks . They were alligators
basking in the sun . As I approached , most of them crawled into the water .
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Besides the crew , we were taking three other negroes up to the mines , and with
my boxes we were rather uncomfortably crowded for a long journey . The canoe
itself was made from the trunk of a cedar - tree ( Cedrela odorata ) . It had been ...
Besides the crew , we were taking three other negroes up to the mines , and with
my boxes we were rather uncomfortably crowded for a long journey . The canoe
itself was made from the trunk of a cedar - tree ( Cedrela odorata ) . It had been ...
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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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