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... Nicaragua in 1872 — Water - bearing plants — Insect - trapsThe south -
western edge of the forest region — Influence of cultivation upon it - Sagacity of
the mule 139 CHAPTER XI Start on journey to Segovia — Rocky mountain road -
A poor ...
... Nicaragua in 1872 — Water - bearing plants — Insect - trapsThe south -
western edge of the forest region — Influence of cultivation upon it - Sagacity of
the mule 139 CHAPTER XI Start on journey to Segovia — Rocky mountain road -
A poor ...
Page 189
We then had a better look round than we had had the night before . It was a most
desolate spot , with scarcely any grass ; and a poor half - starved horse came up
to get a small feed of maize . The people of the mountain regions of Europe ...
We then had a better look round than we had had the night before . It was a most
desolate spot , with scarcely any grass ; and a poor half - starved horse came up
to get a small feed of maize . The people of the mountain regions of Europe ...
Page 271
Ice that had been piled up mountains high at the poles and along the chain of the
Andes all through tropical America ... removed nearer to the equator , and many
mountain - chains relieved of the ice of thousands and tens of thousands of ...
Ice that had been piled up mountains high at the poles and along the chain of the
Andes all through tropical America ... removed nearer to the equator , and many
mountain - chains relieved of the ice of thousands and tens of thousands of ...
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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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