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Page 14
Their plantain patch and occasionally some fish from the river suffice to keep
them alive and indolent . At seven o ' clock we reached the Colorado branch ,
which carries off the greater part of the waters of the San Juan to the sea . This is
about ...
Their plantain patch and occasionally some fish from the river suffice to keep
them alive and indolent . At seven o ' clock we reached the Colorado branch ,
which carries off the greater part of the waters of the San Juan to the sea . This is
about ...
Page 34
I was told of one commandante at San Carlos who had manned some canoes
and proceeded up the river as far as the plantain grounds of the Indians , loaded
his boats with the plantains , and brought them down to San Carlos , where the ...
I was told of one commandante at San Carlos who had manned some canoes
and proceeded up the river as far as the plantain grounds of the Indians , loaded
his boats with the plantains , and brought them down to San Carlos , where the ...
Page 54
The mango and avocado trees had not come into bearing before I left ; but
pineappples , figs , grenadillas , bananas , pumpkins , plantains , papaws , and
chioties fruited abundantly . The last named is a native of Mexico ; it is a climbing
plant ...
The mango and avocado trees had not come into bearing before I left ; but
pineappples , figs , grenadillas , bananas , pumpkins , plantains , papaws , and
chioties fruited abundantly . The last named is a native of Mexico ; it is a climbing
plant ...
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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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