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Page 51
51 Negroes and Indians hundred in number , are entirely dependent on the
mines around , there being no cultivation or any other employment in the
immediate neighbourhood . The people are of a mixed descent , in which Indian
blood ...
51 Negroes and Indians hundred in number , are entirely dependent on the
mines around , there being no cultivation or any other employment in the
immediate neighbourhood . The people are of a mixed descent , in which Indian
blood ...
Page 82
Every year our operations were impeded by runs in the mines , or by small
landslips stopping up our tramways and levels , or floods carrying away our dam
or breaking our watercourses ; but after August we considered our troubles on
this ...
Every year our operations were impeded by runs in the mines , or by small
landslips stopping up our tramways and levels , or floods carrying away our dam
or breaking our watercourses ; but after August we considered our troubles on
this ...
Page 199
The little town was not half populated , the silver - mines had been closed for
some time , most of the houses were empty , and the people still clinging about
the place seemed to have nothing to do , for the land is too barren for cultivation .
The little town was not half populated , the silver - mines had been closed for
some time , most of the houses were empty , and the people still clinging about
the place seemed to have nothing to do , for the land is too barren for cultivation .
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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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