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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... Domingo—Physical Geography—The Inhabitants—Mixed Races—Negroes
and Indians compared— Women—Establishment of the Chontales Gold Mining
Company —My House and Garden—Fruits—Plantains and Bananas: probably
not ...
... Domingo—Physical Geography—The Inhabitants—Mixed Races—Negroes
and Indians compared— Women—Establishment of the Chontales Gold Mining
Company —My House and Garden—Fruits—Plantains and Bananas: probably
not ...
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As we proceeded up the river, the banks gradually became higher and drier, and
we passed some small plantations of bananas and plantains made in clearings
in the Ch. II.] COLORADO ARM OF THE SAN JUAN. 13. forest, 12 THE ...
As we proceeded up the river, the banks gradually became higher and drier, and
we passed some small plantations of bananas and plantains made in clearings
in the Ch. II.] COLORADO ARM OF THE SAN JUAN. 13. forest, 12 THE ...
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Their plantain patch and occasionally some fish from the river suffice to keep
them alive and indolent. At seven o'clock we reached the Colorado branch, which
carries off the greater part of the waters of the San Juan to the sea. This is about ...
Their plantain patch and occasionally some fish from the river suffice to keep
them alive and indolent. At seven o'clock we reached the Colorado branch, which
carries off the greater part of the waters of the San Juan to the sea. This is about ...
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I was told of one commandante at San Carlos who had manned some canoes
and proceeded up the river as far as the plantain grounds of the Indians, loaded
his boats with the plantains, and brought them down to San Carlos, where the ...
I was told of one commandante at San Carlos who had manned some canoes
and proceeded up the river as far as the plantain grounds of the Indians, loaded
his boats with the plantains, and brought them down to San Carlos, where the ...
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clearing and hacienda, belonging to an enterprising German, named Melzer,
near a brook called Las Lajas, who was cultivating plantains and vegetables, and
had also commenced brick and tile making, besides planting some thousands of
...
clearing and hacienda, belonging to an enterprising German, named Melzer,
near a brook called Las Lajas, who was cultivating plantains and vegetables, and
had also commenced brick and tile making, besides planting some thousands of
...
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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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