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Page 145
... forest tops , whilst the savannahs were bathed in sunshine , ever raised in my mind vague sensations . of the unknown and the unfathomable . Our course was nearly parallel to this gloomy forest , but we gradually approached it . The ...
... forest tops , whilst the savannahs were bathed in sunshine , ever raised in my mind vague sensations . of the unknown and the unfathomable . Our course was nearly parallel to this gloomy forest , but we gradually approached it . The ...
Page 146
... forest . Altogether the conditions seemed to be exactly the same , and it appeared a difficult matter to account for the fact that the forest should end at an irregular but definite line , and that at that boundary grassy savannahs ...
... forest . Altogether the conditions seemed to be exactly the same , and it appeared a difficult matter to account for the fact that the forest should end at an irregular but definite line , and that at that boundary grassy savannahs ...
Page 147
... forest , beating it back gradually , but surely , towards the north - east . As this process has probably been going on for thousands of years , I believe that the edge of the forest is several miles nearer the Atlantic than it was ...
... forest , beating it back gradually , but surely , towards the north - east . As this process has probably been going on for thousands of years , I believe that the edge of the forest is several miles nearer the Atlantic than it was ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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