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Page 98
... side , and with every turn of the clear cool brook that came prattling down over the stones , soon at the machinery to lose its early purity , and be soiled in the cease- less search for gold . The sides of the valley rose steeply , and ...
... side , and with every turn of the clear cool brook that came prattling down over the stones , soon at the machinery to lose its early purity , and be soiled in the cease- less search for gold . The sides of the valley rose steeply , and ...
Page 107
... side to side by quick jerks of its tail , now showing its throat a gleaming emerald , now its shoulders a glistening amethyst , then darting beneath the water , and rising instantly , throw off a shower of spray from its quiver- ing ...
... side to side by quick jerks of its tail , now showing its throat a gleaming emerald , now its shoulders a glistening amethyst , then darting beneath the water , and rising instantly , throw off a shower of spray from its quiver- ing ...
Page 124
... side to side . Swallows skimmed past in their circling flights , whilst in the bushes were warb- ling orange - and - black Sisitotis and many another bird of beautiful feather . One class of birds , and that the most characteristic of ...
... side to side . Swallows skimmed past in their circling flights , whilst in the bushes were warb- ling orange - and - black Sisitotis and many another bird of beautiful feather . One class of birds , and that the most characteristic of ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of ... Thomas Belt No preview available - 2018 |
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