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Page 25
I once saw a wide column trying to pass along a crumbling , nearly perpendicular
, slope . ... have fallen , but a number having secured their hold , and reaching to
each other , remained stationary , and over them the main column passed .
I once saw a wide column trying to pass along a crumbling , nearly perpendicular
, slope . ... have fallen , but a number having secured their hold , and reaching to
each other , remained stationary , and over them the main column passed .
Page 47
As soon as we passed Pital we entered the great forest , the black margin of
which we had seen for many miles , that ... where the original forest had been cut
for maize plantations ; but after passing a brook bordered by numerous plants of
the ...
As soon as we passed Pital we entered the great forest , the black margin of
which we had seen for many miles , that ... where the original forest had been cut
for maize plantations ; but after passing a brook bordered by numerous plants of
the ...
Page 187
We passed a village called Apanás and then struck across the plains , and on the
other side reached low flat - topped ... Passing over an undulating country , the
hills covered with oak forests , the lowlands well grassed , we reached about two
...
We passed a village called Apanás and then struck across the plains , and on the
other side reached low flat - topped ... Passing over an undulating country , the
hills covered with oak forests , the lowlands well grassed , we reached about two
...
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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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