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Page 5
On our right was a sandy beach , on our left great beds of grass growing out of
the shoal water - weedy banks filled up the once spacious harbour , and cattle
waded amongst the long grass , where within the last twenty years a frigate has
lain ...
On our right was a sandy beach , on our left great beds of grass growing out of
the shoal water - weedy banks filled up the once spacious harbour , and cattle
waded amongst the long grass , where within the last twenty years a frigate has
lain ...
Page 143
That some epidemic prevailed amongst the insects there can be no doubt ; and it
is curious that it should have attacked so many different species and classes . I
am not sure that it was confined to the insects , for there was also a great mortality
...
That some epidemic prevailed amongst the insects there can be no doubt ; and it
is curious that it should have attacked so many different species and classes . I
am not sure that it was confined to the insects , for there was also a great mortality
...
Page 279
There is one singular custom amongst the Carib races of America , and amongst
some ancient peoples in Asia , Europe , and Africa , the existence of which on
both sides of the Atlantic cannot , I think , be explained excepting on the theory
that ...
There is one singular custom amongst the Carib races of America , and amongst
some ancient peoples in Asia , Europe , and Africa , the existence of which on
both sides of the Atlantic cannot , I think , be explained excepting on the theory
that ...
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
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