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Page 46
In the West India Islands they occupied most of Cuba and Hayti ; but from Porto
Rico southwards the islands were people by the warlike Caribs , who harassed
the more civilised tribes to the north . From Cape Gracias á Dios southward , the ...
In the West India Islands they occupied most of Cuba and Hayti ; but from Porto
Rico southwards the islands were people by the warlike Caribs , who harassed
the more civilised tribes to the north . From Cape Gracias á Dios southward , the ...
Page 207
On the other hand , the fauna of islands to the eastward are more closely
connected with Australia , and must at one time have been joined to it by nearly
continuous land . Honeysuckers and lories take the place of the woodpeckers ,
barbets ...
On the other hand , the fauna of islands to the eastward are more closely
connected with Australia , and must at one time have been joined to it by nearly
continuous land . Honeysuckers and lories take the place of the woodpeckers ,
barbets ...
Page 208
the ocean , on which the present West Indian Islands were mountains , rising
high above the level and fertile plains that are now covered by the sea ?
Obscurely the accounts of it have come down to us from the dim past , but there is
a ...
the ocean , on which the present West Indian Islands were mountains , rising
high above the level and fertile plains that are now covered by the sea ?
Obscurely the accounts of it have come down to us from the dim past , but there is
a ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua 561. number of Everyman's library 561. number of Everyman's library, ed. by Ernest Thys. Travel & topography 561. number of Everyman's library: Travel and topography |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | J.M. Dent, 1928 |
| Original from | University of Texas |
| Digitized | 6 veeb. 2008 |
| Length | 306 pages |
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