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Page 14
Greytown , with its neat white houses , and feathery palms , and large - leaved
bread - fruit trees , was soon shut out from our view , and our boatmen plying their
paddles with the greatest dexterity and force , made the canoe shoot along ...
Greytown , with its neat white houses , and feathery palms , and large - leaved
bread - fruit trees , was soon shut out from our view , and our boatmen plying their
paddles with the greatest dexterity and force , made the canoe shoot along ...
Page 24
The next that approached , as soon as it discovered the situation of the prisoner ,
ran backwards in an agitated manner , and communicated the intelligence to the
others . They rushed to the rescue , some bit at the stone and tried to move it ...
The next that approached , as soon as it discovered the situation of the prisoner ,
ran backwards in an agitated manner , and communicated the intelligence to the
others . They rushed to the rescue , some bit at the stone and tried to move it ...
Page 105
The wasp seized the caterpillar immediately , and commenced biting it from head
to tail , soon reducing the soft body to a mass of pulp . Then rolling up about
onehalf of the pulp into a ball , it carried it off . Being at the time amidst a thick
mass ...
The wasp seized the caterpillar immediately , and commenced biting it from head
to tail , soon reducing the soft body to a mass of pulp . Then rolling up about
onehalf of the pulp into a ball , it carried it off . Being at the time amidst a thick
mass ...
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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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