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Page 74
These arrastres are round troughs , twelve feet in diameter , paved with stones .
Four large stones of quartz are dragged round and round in this trough , and
grind the coarse sand to fine powder . The gold liberated sinks into the crevices
in the ...
These arrastres are round troughs , twelve feet in diameter , paved with stones .
Four large stones of quartz are dragged round and round in this trough , and
grind the coarse sand to fine powder . The gold liberated sinks into the crevices
in the ...
Page 131
We then descended the steep face of the hill again , and crossed the plain to
where the “ worked stones ” were lying . We found them to be broken fragments
of statues , one larger , better worked , and in much fairer preservation than the ...
We then descended the steep face of the hill again , and crossed the plain to
where the “ worked stones ” were lying . We found them to be broken fragments
of statues , one larger , better worked , and in much fairer preservation than the ...
Page 132
Peering into this , we saw some heaps of stones ; and , pushing in amongst the
bushes , found it was full of old Indian graves , marked by heaps of stones , in the
centres of some of which still stood the pedestals on which the statues had been
...
Peering into this , we saw some heaps of stones ; and , pushing in amongst the
bushes , found it was full of old Indian graves , marked by heaps of stones , in the
centres of some of which still stood the pedestals on which the statues had been
...
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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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