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... plains we rode over undulating hills , here called savannahs , with patches of forest on the rising ground , and small plains on which grows the ternate- leaved jicara ( pronounced hickory ) , a tree about as large as an apple - tree ...
... plains we rode over undulating hills , here called savannahs , with patches of forest on the rising ground , and small plains on which grows the ternate- leaved jicara ( pronounced hickory ) , a tree about as large as an apple - tree ...
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... plains , with black soil and blocks of porous trachyte lying on the surface , which are swamps in the rainy season ... plain was dry and bare , with great cracks in the black soil . The grass had not sprung up , not a breath of air was ...
... plains , with black soil and blocks of porous trachyte lying on the surface , which are swamps in the rainy season ... plain was dry and bare , with great cracks in the black soil . The grass had not sprung up , not a breath of air was ...
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... plains covered with grass . The Gulf of Honduras , cutting deeply into the continent , also plays an important part in preventing the intermingling of the faunas of the two sub - provinces , but the principal barrier is the termination ...
... plains covered with grass . The Gulf of Honduras , cutting deeply into the continent , also plays an important part in preventing the intermingling of the faunas of the two sub - provinces , but the principal barrier is the termination ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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