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 3
... were swamped on the bar. Columbus had rounded Cape Gracias a Dios four
days before, and had sailed down the coast with a fair wind and tide, so that he
might easily have reached the San Juan. * Inside the bar we were in smooth
water, ...
... were swamped on the bar. Columbus had rounded Cape Gracias a Dios four
days before, and had sailed down the coast with a fair wind and tide, so that he
might easily have reached the San Juan. * Inside the bar we were in smooth
water, ...
Page 5
Where there are hills there must be hollows, and in these the air stagnates; whilst
here, where the land is quite level, the trade winds that blow pretty constantly find
their way to every part, and carry off the emanations from the soil. As a similar ...
Where there are hills there must be hollows, and in these the air stagnates; whilst
here, where the land is quite level, the trade winds that blow pretty constantly find
their way to every part, and carry off the emanations from the soil. As a similar ...
Page 6
As at Greytown so at Pernambuco, the trade winds blow with much regularity,
and there are no hills nor hollows to interfere with the movements of the air, so
that miasmatic exhalations cannot accumulate. Surrounding the cleared portions
...
As at Greytown so at Pernambuco, the trade winds blow with much regularity,
and there are no hills nor hollows to interfere with the movements of the air, so
that miasmatic exhalations cannot accumulate. Surrounding the cleared portions
...
Page 44
About noon the wind failed us again, and the Sun right overhead, in a clear
pitiless sky, scorched us with its rays, while our boat lay like a log upon the water,
the pitch melting in the seams with the heat. The surface of the lake was
motionless, ...
About noon the wind failed us again, and the Sun right overhead, in a clear
pitiless sky, scorched us with its rays, while our boat lay like a log upon the water,
the pitch melting in the seams with the heat. The surface of the lake was
motionless, ...
Page 45
After dark the wind failed us again, and we got slowly along, but finally reached
our port, San Ubaldo, about ten o'clock, and found there an officer of the mining
company, living in a small thatched hut, stationed there to send on the ...
After dark the wind failed us again, and we got slowly along, but finally reached
our port, San Ubaldo, about ten o'clock, and found there an officer of the mining
company, living in a small thatched hut, stationed there to send on the ...
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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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