The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests. With Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms |
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43 CHAPTER W. Geographical position of Santo Domingo—Physical Geography
—The Inhabitants—Mixed Races—Negroes and Indians compared— Women—
Establishment of the Chontales Gold Mining Company —My House and ...
43 CHAPTER W. Geographical position of Santo Domingo—Physical Geography
—The Inhabitants—Mixed Races—Negroes and Indians compared— Women—
Establishment of the Chontales Gold Mining Company —My House and ...
Page xi
... the present Inhabitants—Night Life * CHAPTER X. Juigalpa–A Nicaraguan
Family—Description of the Road from Juigalpa to Santo Domingo—Comparative
scarcity of Insects in Nicaragua in 1872—Water-bearing Plants—Insect-traps—
The ...
... the present Inhabitants—Night Life * CHAPTER X. Juigalpa–A Nicaraguan
Family—Description of the Road from Juigalpa to Santo Domingo—Comparative
scarcity of Insects in Nicaragua in 1872—Water-bearing Plants—Insect-traps—
The ...
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As a similar instance I may mention the city of Pernambuco, on the eastern coast
of Brazil, containing 80,000 inhabitants. It is perfectly level like Greytown,
surrounded and intersected with channels of water, above the level of which it
only ...
As a similar instance I may mention the city of Pernambuco, on the eastern coast
of Brazil, containing 80,000 inhabitants. It is perfectly level like Greytown,
surrounded and intersected with channels of water, above the level of which it
only ...
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India rubber was well known to the ancient inhabitants of Central America. Before
the Spanish conquest the Mexicans played with balls made from it, and it still
bears its Aztec name of Ulli, from which the Spaniards call the collectors of it ...
India rubber was well known to the ancient inhabitants of Central America. Before
the Spanish conquest the Mexicans played with balls made from it, and it still
bears its Aztec name of Ulli, from which the Spaniards call the collectors of it ...
Page 37
Most fabulous stories have been told about the Rio Frio and its inhabitants;
stories of great cities, golden ornaments, and light-haired people; it may be useful
, therefore, to relate what is known about it. The Rio Frio comes down from the
interior ...
Most fabulous stories have been told about the Rio Frio and its inhabitants;
stories of great cities, golden ornaments, and light-haired people; it may be useful
, therefore, to relate what is known about it. The Rio Frio comes down from the
interior ...
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| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests. With Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1874 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 okt. 2017 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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