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... range , with great perpendicular cliffs , and huge isolated rocks and pinnacles . The name of this range gives us a clue to the race of the ancient inhabitants . In the highlands of Honduras , as has been noted by Squiers , the ...
... range , with great perpendicular cliffs , and huge isolated rocks and pinnacles . The name of this range gives us a clue to the race of the ancient inhabitants . In the highlands of Honduras , as has been noted by Squiers , the ...
Page 122
... range , and now left the main road , taking a path to the left , that is very rocky and narrow . We began rapidly to descend , and found an entire change of climate on this side of the range . It had been raining for weeks at Libertad ...
... range , and now left the main road , taking a path to the left , that is very rocky and narrow . We began rapidly to descend , and found an entire change of climate on this side of the range . It had been raining for weeks at Libertad ...
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... range was covered with trees of various kinds , but none of them growing to a great height ; higher up we reached the sighing pine trees , and higher still , the hills were covered with grass , and sup- ported herds of cattle . About ...
... range was covered with trees of various kinds , but none of them growing to a great height ; higher up we reached the sighing pine trees , and higher still , the hills were covered with grass , and sup- ported herds of cattle . About ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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