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... crossed it ; but M. Etienne , of Libertad , who descended it to Blewfields , and some Ulleros of San Thomas , who had frequently been down it after india - rubber , assured me that the reported statues were merely rude carvings of faces ...
... crossed it ; but M. Etienne , of Libertad , who descended it to Blewfields , and some Ulleros of San Thomas , who had frequently been down it after india - rubber , assured me that the reported statues were merely rude carvings of faces ...
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... crossed , the rocks were amygda- loidal , containing nests of a white zeolite , the fractured planes of which glittered like gems on the pathway . Eight leagues from Matagalpa we reached the small town of Tierrabona , where , as the ...
... crossed , the rocks were amygda- loidal , containing nests of a white zeolite , the fractured planes of which glittered like gems on the pathway . Eight leagues from Matagalpa we reached the small town of Tierrabona , where , as the ...
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... crossed . The alluvial plains bordering the river were covered with fine , though short , grass , amongst which were some beautiful flowers . The orange and black " sisitoté " ( Icterus pectoralis , Wagl . ) flew in small flocks amongst ...
... crossed . The alluvial plains bordering the river were covered with fine , though short , grass , amongst which were some beautiful flowers . The orange and black " sisitoté " ( Icterus pectoralis , Wagl . ) flew in small flocks amongst ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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