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 FormsJ. Murray, 1874 - 403 pages |
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... mountains on the borders of Thibet ; and when readers receive my work I shall probably have turned my face homewards again , and for weeks be speed- ing across the frozen Siberian steppes , wrapped in furs , listening to the sleigh ...
... mountains on the borders of Thibet ; and when readers receive my work I shall probably have turned my face homewards again , and for weeks be speed- ing across the frozen Siberian steppes , wrapped in furs , listening to the sleigh ...
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... Sagacity of the Mule CHAPTER XI . • Start on journey to Segovia - Rocky Mountain Road- A Poor Lodging The Rock of Cuapo - The use of large beaks in some Birds- 126 150 176 Comoapa - A Native Doctor - Vultures - Flight of.
... Sagacity of the Mule CHAPTER XI . • Start on journey to Segovia - Rocky Mountain Road- A Poor Lodging The Rock of Cuapo - The use of large beaks in some Birds- 126 150 176 Comoapa - A Native Doctor - Vultures - Flight of.
Page xii
... Mountain Gorge - Jinotega - Native Plough - Descend- ants of the Buccaneers - San Rafael - A Mountain Hut • . 231 CHAPTER XIV . Great Range composed of Boulder Clay - Daraily - Lost on the Savan- nahs — Jamaily - A Deer - hunter's ...
... Mountain Gorge - Jinotega - Native Plough - Descend- ants of the Buccaneers - San Rafael - A Mountain Hut • . 231 CHAPTER XIV . Great Range composed of Boulder Clay - Daraily - Lost on the Savan- nahs — Jamaily - A Deer - hunter's ...
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... and then commences a rough mountain mule- track to San José , the capital of Costa Rica . We paddled on all the afternoon with little change in the river . At eight we anchored for the night , and 16 THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA . [ Ch . II.
... and then commences a rough mountain mule- track to San José , the capital of Costa Rica . We paddled on all the afternoon with little change in the river . At eight we anchored for the night , and 16 THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA . [ Ch . II.
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... mountains of Costa Rica ; to the right , nearer at hand , low hills and ranges covered with dark forests . The lake is too large to be called beautiful , and its vast extent and the mere glimpses of its limits and cloud- capped peaks ...
... mountains of Costa Rica ; to the right , nearer at hand , low hills and ranges covered with dark forests . The lake is too large to be called beautiful , and its vast extent and the mere glimpses of its limits and cloud- capped peaks ...
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