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The last named is a native of Mexico ; it is a climbing plant with succulent stems
and vine - like leaves , and grows with great rapidity . The fruit , of which it ... Next
to maize , plantains and bananas form the principal sustenance of the natives .
The last named is a native of Mexico ; it is a climbing plant with succulent stems
and vine - like leaves , and grows with great rapidity . The fruit , of which it ... Next
to maize , plantains and bananas form the principal sustenance of the natives .
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CHAPTER XI Start on journey to Segovia - Rocky mountain road - A poor lodging
-The rock of Cuapo_The use of large beaks in some birdsComoapa - A native
doctor - Vultures - Flight of birds that soar -Natives live from generation to ...
CHAPTER XI Start on journey to Segovia - Rocky mountain road - A poor lodging
-The rock of Cuapo_The use of large beaks in some birdsComoapa - A native
doctor - Vultures - Flight of birds that soar -Natives live from generation to ...
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I never saw a native reading , in the central provinces , excepting the lawyers
turning over their law books , or some of the functionaries in the towns looking ...
The natives sit about and gossip till between eight and nine , then lie down to
sleep .
I never saw a native reading , in the central provinces , excepting the lawyers
turning over their law books , or some of the functionaries in the towns looking ...
The natives sit about and gossip till between eight and nine , then lie down to
sleep .
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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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