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Page 149
149 Reasoning of Mules balancing in its mind which was the lesser evil .
Sometimes , too , when it came to a very bad place , which was better at the sides
, I left it to itself , and it would be so undecided which side was the best , that
making ...
149 Reasoning of Mules balancing in its mind which was the lesser evil .
Sometimes , too , when it came to a very bad place , which was better at the sides
, I left it to itself , and it would be so undecided which side was the best , that
making ...
Page 186
He found us a man who promised to supply us with mules or horses to take us to
Ocotal , but as they had to be brought up from the “ Campos ” or plains he could
not let us have them early , and it was ten o ' clock the next day before we started
...
He found us a man who promised to supply us with mules or horses to take us to
Ocotal , but as they had to be brought up from the “ Campos ” or plains he could
not let us have them early , and it was ten o ' clock the next day before we started
...
Page 247
Before turning out the mules , Rito got some limes and squeezed the juice out
upon their feet , just above the hoof . He did this to prevent them from being bitten
by the tarantula spider , a species of Mygale that makes its nest in the ground ...
Before turning out the mules , Rito got some limes and squeezed the juice out
upon their feet , just above the hoof . He did this to prevent them from being bitten
by the tarantula spider , a species of Mygale that makes its nest in the ground ...
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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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