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Page 42
Much of the land around is very fertile ; but little of it is cultivated , as the people
are indolent , and content if they make a bare livelihood . We left Acoyapo about
three o ' clock : our road lay up the river , which we crossed three times .
Excepting ...
Much of the land around is very fertile ; but little of it is cultivated , as the people
are indolent , and content if they make a bare livelihood . We left Acoyapo about
three o ' clock : our road lay up the river , which we crossed three times .
Excepting ...
Page 162
So long as they interbreed together , the possible divergence is kept within
narrow limits , but whenever a variety is produced , the individuals of which have
a partiality for interbreeding , and some amount of sterility when crossed with the
...
So long as they interbreed together , the possible divergence is kept within
narrow limits , but whenever a variety is produced , the individuals of which have
a partiality for interbreeding , and some amount of sterility when crossed with the
...
Page 251
We started from Juigalpa the next morning ; and for the first few miles our road lay
down by the river , a deep branch of which we crossed . The alluvial plains
bordering the river were covered with fine , though short , grass , amongst ...
We started from Juigalpa the next morning ; and for the first few miles our road lay
down by the river , a deep branch of which we crossed . The alluvial plains
bordering the river were covered with fine , though short , grass , amongst ...
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| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua 561. number of Everyman's library Everyman's library, ed. by Ernest Rhys. Science Everyman's library. Travel and topography 561. number of Everyman's library: Science |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Contributor | Thomas Belt |
| Publisher | J.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1911 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 7 jaan. 2010 |
| Length | 306 pages |
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