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CHAPTER IV The lake of Nicaragua - Ometépec - Becalmed on the lake - White
egrets - Reach San Ubaldo - Ride across the plains - Vegetation of the plains -
Armadillo - Savannahs — Jicara trees - Jicara bowls - Origin of gourd - shaped ...
CHAPTER IV The lake of Nicaragua - Ometépec - Becalmed on the lake - White
egrets - Reach San Ubaldo - Ride across the plains - Vegetation of the plains -
Armadillo - Savannahs — Jicara trees - Jicara bowls - Origin of gourd - shaped ...
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They poled the boat for two miles down a small river that emptied into the lake ,
but just before we reached it , the boatmen stopped and said it was too rough to
proceed that night , and notwithstanding our remonstrances they tied the boat to ...
They poled the boat for two miles down a small river that emptied into the lake ,
but just before we reached it , the boatmen stopped and said it was too rough to
proceed that night , and notwithstanding our remonstrances they tied the boat to ...
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Lake of Masaya 265 lake and covered the old precipitous cliffs on that side are
plainly visible . The cliff encircles the whole lake , excepting where concealed by
the recent lava overflow . At the time of the conquest of Nicaragua , in 1522 , the ...
Lake of Masaya 265 lake and covered the old precipitous cliffs on that side are
plainly visible . The cliff encircles the whole lake , excepting where concealed by
the recent lava overflow . At the time of the conquest of Nicaragua , in 1522 , the ...
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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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