The Naturalist in NicaraguaJ.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1911 - 306 pages |
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Page 69
... nearly east and west , is probably due to the direction of the outcrops of the lodes which have resisted the action ... nearly vertically . Excepting that they are very irregular in thickness , and often branch and send thin offshoots ...
... nearly east and west , is probably due to the direction of the outcrops of the lodes which have resisted the action ... nearly vertically . Excepting that they are very irregular in thickness , and often branch and send thin offshoots ...
Page 122
... nearly pure Aztec for Two Peaks , but the island itself only contains one , and the name was probably given by an invader who saw the two peaks of Ometepec and Madera from the shore of the lake , and thought they belonged to one island ...
... nearly pure Aztec for Two Peaks , but the island itself only contains one , and the name was probably given by an invader who saw the two peaks of Ometepec and Madera from the shore of the lake , and thought they belonged to one island ...
Page 267
... near the volcano of San Miguel , the dust was so thick that it was quite dark from four o'clock in the evening until nearly noon of the next day ; and even at that distance there was deposited a layer of fine ashes four inches deep ...
... near the volcano of San Miguel , the dust was so thick that it was quite dark from four o'clock in the evening until nearly noon of the next day ; and even at that distance there was deposited a layer of fine ashes four inches deep ...
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The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of ... Thomas Belt No preview available - 2018 |
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