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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Page 1
We lay about a mile from the shore, and saw a low flat coast stretching before us.
... few miles of the Pacific, for here the isthmus of Central America, as in the great
continents to the north and South of it, sends off by far the largest portion of its ...
We lay about a mile from the shore, and saw a low flat coast stretching before us.
... few miles of the Pacific, for here the isthmus of Central America, as in the great
continents to the north and South of it, sends off by far the largest portion of its ...
Page 2
... the lake to keep open a fine harbour, if it were not that about twenty miles
above its mouth it begins to dissipate its force by sending off a large branch
called the Colorado river, and lower down parts with more of its waters by side
channels.
... the lake to keep open a fine harbour, if it were not that about twenty miles
above its mouth it begins to dissipate its force by sending off a large branch
called the Colorado river, and lower down parts with more of its waters by side
channels.
Page 5
Behind the town there is a long lagoon, and for several miles back the land is
quite level, and interspersed with lakes and ponds with much marshy ground.
Perfectly level, surrounded by Swamps, and without any system of drainage,
either ...
Behind the town there is a long lagoon, and for several miles back the land is
quite level, and interspersed with lakes and ponds with much marshy ground.
Perfectly level, surrounded by Swamps, and without any system of drainage,
either ...
Page 8
... a subsequent visit to Greytown Mr. Hollenbeck lent me his horse, and I rode a
few miles northward along the beach. On my return, I tied up the horse and
walked about a mile over the | To | |: *|S. o | . | | 8 . THE NATURALIST IN
NICARAGUA.
... a subsequent visit to Greytown Mr. Hollenbeck lent me his horse, and I rode a
few miles northward along the beach. On my return, I tied up the horse and
walked about a mile over the | To | |: *|S. o | . | | 8 . THE NATURALIST IN
NICARAGUA.
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This is about twenty miles above Greytown, but only eighteen by the Colorado to
the sea, and is near the head of the delta, as I have already mentioned. The main
body of water formerly flowed down past Greytown, and kept the harbour there ...
This is about twenty miles above Greytown, but only eighteen by the Colorado to
the sea, and is near the head of the delta, as I have already mentioned. The main
body of water formerly flowed down past Greytown, and kept the harbour there ...
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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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