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The boatmen told me and the story is likely enough to be true — that the
alligators , floating about like logs , with their eyes above the water , watch these
birds , and , moving quietly up until within a few yards of them , sink down below
the ...
The boatmen told me and the story is likely enough to be true — that the
alligators , floating about like logs , with their eyes above the water , watch these
birds , and , moving quietly up until within a few yards of them , sink down below
the ...
Page 187
As usual , the halfbreed population were sunk in idleness and poverty . We
stopped at one of the houses to get a drink of “ tiste , " and were visited by a fussy
little man who told us that he was secretary to the judge and keeper of the “
estanco ...
As usual , the halfbreed population were sunk in idleness and poverty . We
stopped at one of the houses to get a drink of “ tiste , " and were visited by a fussy
little man who told us that he was secretary to the judge and keeper of the “
estanco ...
Page 228
These we were told were the last we should see on the road to Chontales . On
the other side of the range the descent was very steep , and the road was carried
down the precipitous and rocky slope in a series of zigzags , so that we saw the ...
These we were told were the last we should see on the road to Chontales . On
the other side of the range the descent was very steep , and the road was carried
down the precipitous and rocky slope in a series of zigzags , so that we saw the ...
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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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