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Page 43
Their burial places , marked with great heaps of stones , are frequent , and pieces
of pottery , broken stone statues , and pedestals are often met with . Near
Esquipula there are some artificial - looking mounds , with great stones set
around ...
Their burial places , marked with great heaps of stones , are frequent , and pieces
of pottery , broken stone statues , and pedestals are often met with . Near
Esquipula there are some artificial - looking mounds , with great stones set
around ...
Page 131
We then descended the steep face of the hill again , and crossed the plain to
where the worked stones were lying We found them to be broken fragments of
statues , one larger , better worked , and in much fairer preservation than the
others .
We then descended the steep face of the hill again , and crossed the plain to
where the worked stones were lying We found them to be broken fragments of
statues , one larger , better worked , and in much fairer preservation than the
others .
Page 132
Peering into this , we saw some heaps of stones ; and , pushing in amongst the
bushes , found it was full of old Indian graves , marked by heaps of stones , in the
centres of some of which still stood the pedestals on which the statues had been
...
Peering into this , we saw some heaps of stones ; and , pushing in amongst the
bushes , found it was full of old Indian graves , marked by heaps of stones , in the
centres of some of which still stood the pedestals on which the statues had been
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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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