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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 ...
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 ...
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
...
Page 268
A stone fell near him , and then another . He fancied that other boys were pelting
him from the cliffs above , and began throwing stones in return . But the stones
fell thicker , and among them one and then another too large to have been
thrown ...
A stone fell near him , and then another . He fancied that other boys were pelting
him from the cliffs above , and began throwing stones in return . But the stones
fell thicker , and among them one and then another too large to have been
thrown ...
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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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