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... lake of Nicaragua , about one hundred and twenty miles from Greytown . The mean level of the waters of the lake , according to the survey of Colonel O. W. Childs , in 1851 , is 107 feet , so that the river falls on an average a little ...
... lake of Nicaragua , about one hundred and twenty miles from Greytown . The mean level of the waters of the lake , according to the survey of Colonel O. W. Childs , in 1851 , is 107 feet , so that the river falls on an average a little ...
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... lake about which I had heard so much . To the north - west a great sheet of quiet water extended as far as the eye could reach , with islands here and there , and - the central figure in every view of the lake - the great conical peak ...
... lake about which I had heard so much . To the north - west a great sheet of quiet water extended as far as the eye could reach , with islands here and there , and - the central figure in every view of the lake - the great conical peak ...
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... lake which lies more than 300 feet below the town , surrounded , excepting on the western side , by precipitous cliffs , down which three or four ... Lake of Masaya 265 lake and covered the old precipitous 264 The Naturalist in Nicaragua.
... lake which lies more than 300 feet below the town , surrounded , excepting on the western side , by precipitous cliffs , down which three or four ... Lake of Masaya 265 lake and covered the old precipitous 264 The Naturalist in Nicaragua.
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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