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 3
... and fresh water , and when returning were swamped on the bar . Columbus
had rounded Cape Gracias a Dios four days before , and had sailed down the
coast with a fair wind and tide , so that he might easily have reached the San
Juan .
... and fresh water , and when returning were swamped on the bar . Columbus
had rounded Cape Gracias a Dios four days before , and had sailed down the
coast with a fair wind and tide , so that he might easily have reached the San
Juan .
Page 5
Where there are hills there must be hollows , and in these the air stagnates ;
whilst here , where the land is quite level , the trade winds that blow pretty
constantly find their way to every part , and carry off the emanations from the soil .
Where there are hills there must be hollows , and in these the air stagnates ;
whilst here , where the land is quite level , the trade winds that blow pretty
constantly find their way to every part , and carry off the emanations from the soil .
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As at Greytown so at Pernambuco , the trade winds blow with much regularity ,
and there are no hills nor hollows to interfere with the movements of the air , so
that miasmatic exhalations cannot accumulate . Surrounding the cleared portions
...
As at Greytown so at Pernambuco , the trade winds blow with much regularity ,
and there are no hills nor hollows to interfere with the movements of the air , so
that miasmatic exhalations cannot accumulate . Surrounding the cleared portions
...
Page 44
About noon the wind failed us again , and the sun right overhead , in a clear
pitiless sky , scorched us with its rays , while our boat lay like a log upon the
water , the pitch melting in the seams with the heat . The surface of the lake was ...
About noon the wind failed us again , and the sun right overhead , in a clear
pitiless sky , scorched us with its rays , while our boat lay like a log upon the
water , the pitch melting in the seams with the heat . The surface of the lake was ...
Page 45
After dark the wind failed us again , and we got slowly along , but finally reached
our port , San Ubaldo , about ten o ' clock , and found there an officer of the
mining company , living in a small thatched hut , stationed there to send on the ...
After dark the wind failed us again , and we got slowly along , but finally reached
our port , San Ubaldo , about ten o ' clock , and found there an officer of the
mining company , living in a small thatched hut , stationed there to send on the ...
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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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