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Page 38
The breeze continued all the afternoon , and at dark we were off the islands of
Nancital , having been all day within a few miles of the north - eastern side of the
lake , the banks of which are everywhere clothed with dark gloomy - looking
forests ...
The breeze continued all the afternoon , and at dark we were off the islands of
Nancital , having been all day within a few miles of the north - eastern side of the
lake , the banks of which are everywhere clothed with dark gloomy - looking
forests ...
Page 115
To the southeast and east the eye roams over range beyond range all covered
with dark forest , that partly hides the inequalities of the ground , the trees in the
hollows growing higher than those on the hills . On this side the rock is a sheer ...
To the southeast and east the eye roams over range beyond range all covered
with dark forest , that partly hides the inequalities of the ground , the trees in the
hollows growing higher than those on the hills . On this side the rock is a sheer ...
Page 286
A mosquito , however , is not to be caught , even in the dark , in such a way . It
holds up its two hinder legs as feelers ; the current of air driven before a
descending blow warns it of the impending danger , and it darts off to one side ,
to renew its ...
A mosquito , however , is not to be caught , even in the dark , in such a way . It
holds up its two hinder legs as feelers ; the current of air driven before a
descending blow warns it of the impending danger , and it darts off to one side ,
to renew its ...
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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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