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Page 69
It has been ascribed , and probably with reason , to the percolation through the
rocks of rain - water charged with a little acid from the decomposing vegetation . If
this be so , the great depth to which it has reached tells of the immense antiquity ...
It has been ascribed , and probably with reason , to the percolation through the
rocks of rain - water charged with a little acid from the decomposing vegetation . If
this be so , the great depth to which it has reached tells of the immense antiquity ...
Page 79
These injections never reached to the surface — probably never beyond the area
of heated rocks ; so that there have been no overflows from them , and they have
only been exposed by subsequent great upheaval and denudation . 4 .
These injections never reached to the surface — probably never beyond the area
of heated rocks ; so that there have been no overflows from them , and they have
only been exposed by subsequent great upheaval and denudation . 4 .
Page 195
It is astonishing that deer should be so little afraid of man as they are , after
having been objects of chase for probably thousands of years . Sometimes when
one is encountered in the forest it will stand within twenty yards stupidly gazing at
a ...
It is astonishing that deer should be so little afraid of man as they are , after
having been objects of chase for probably thousands of years . Sometimes when
one is encountered in the forest it will stand within twenty yards stupidly gazing at
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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