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CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE Arrival at Greytown — The river San Juan Silting
up of the harbour - Crossing the bar - Lives lost on it - Sharks - Christopher
Columbus - Appearance of the town - Trade - Healthiness of the town and its
probable ...
CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE Arrival at Greytown — The river San Juan Silting
up of the harbour - Crossing the bar - Lives lost on it - Sharks - Christopher
Columbus - Appearance of the town - Trade - Healthiness of the town and its
probable ...
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I was glad to get back to my “ hotel , " and have breakfast , with chocolate served
up in jicaras . After an hour ' s rest , I started with Velasquez in search of the
Indian antiquities . We rode up the right side of the river , high up above the
stream ...
I was glad to get back to my “ hotel , " and have breakfast , with chocolate served
up in jicaras . After an hour ' s rest , I started with Velasquez in search of the
Indian antiquities . We rode up the right side of the river , high up above the
stream ...
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Names of Rivers 159 ground was now firmer , and we got more rapidly across it .
... which extended around for several miles , we reached the cattle hacienda of
Olama , where was a large tile - roofed house , near a river of the same name .
Names of Rivers 159 ground was now firmer , and we got more rapidly across it .
... which extended around for several miles , we reached the cattle hacienda of
Olama , where was a large tile - roofed house , near a river of the same name .
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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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