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Page 158
Our road lay a couple of miles to the north of the village of Huaco , where much of
the maize of the province is grown ; the road then led over many swampy valleys
, and our beasts had hard work plunging through the mud . We passed through ...
Our road lay a couple of miles to the north of the village of Huaco , where much of
the maize of the province is grown ; the road then led over many swampy valleys
, and our beasts had hard work plunging through the mud . We passed through ...
Page 200
On the banks of the river , from about a mile below Depilto , unstratified beds of
gravel are exposed in numerous natural sections . These beds ... were fifteen feet
across , the largest of them lying in the bed of the river two miles below Depilto .
On the banks of the river , from about a mile below Depilto , unstratified beds of
gravel are exposed in numerous natural sections . These beds ... were fifteen feet
across , the largest of them lying in the bed of the river two miles below Depilto .
Page 267
The vast quantity of material thrown out by this explosion may be gathered from
the fact that , one hundred and twenty miles away , near the volcano of San
Miguel , the dust was so thick that it was quite dark from four o ' clock in the
evening ...
The vast quantity of material thrown out by this explosion may be gathered from
the fact that , one hundred and twenty miles away , near the volcano of San
Miguel , the dust was so thick that it was quite dark from four o ' clock in the
evening ...
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| 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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