The Naturalist in NicaraguaJ.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1911 - 306 pages |
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... plains we rode over undulating hills , here called savannahs , with patches of forest on the rising ground , and small plains on which grows the ternate- leaved jicara ( pronounced hickory ) , a tree about as large as an apple - tree ...
... plains we rode over undulating hills , here called savannahs , with patches of forest on the rising ground , and small plains on which grows the ternate- leaved jicara ( pronounced hickory ) , a tree about as large as an apple - tree ...
Page 229
... plains , with black soil and blocks of porous trachyte lying on the surface , which are swamps in the rainy season ... plain was dry and bare , with great cracks in the black soil . The grass had not sprung up , not a breath of air was ...
... plains , with black soil and blocks of porous trachyte lying on the surface , which are swamps in the rainy season ... plain was dry and bare , with great cracks in the black soil . The grass had not sprung up , not a breath of air was ...
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... plains during the wet season . I was tempted to put up at one of these , but all were full of people , and I persevered on until it got quite dark . Just then I arrived at a hacienda near the river , and engaged a young fellow to get ...
... plains during the wet season . I was tempted to put up at one of these , but all were full of people , and I persevered on until it got quite dark . Just then I arrived at a hacienda near the river , and engaged a young fellow to get ...
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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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