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Page 42
Much of the land around is very fertile ; but little of it is cultivated , as the people
are indolent , and content if they make a bare livelihood . We left Acoyapo about
three o'clock : our road lay up the river , which we crossed three times . Excepting
...
Much of the land around is very fertile ; but little of it is cultivated , as the people
are indolent , and content if they make a bare livelihood . We left Acoyapo about
three o'clock : our road lay up the river , which we crossed three times . Excepting
...
Page 44
Many extravagant stories have been told of the great statues that are said to have
been seen on the banks of the Mico , much lower down the river than where we
crossed it ; but M. Etienne , of Libertad , who descended it to Blewfields , and ...
Many extravagant stories have been told of the great statues that are said to have
been seen on the banks of the Mico , much lower down the river than where we
crossed it ; but M. Etienne , of Libertad , who descended it to Blewfields , and ...
Page 229
On some of the ranges we crossed , the rocks were amygdaloidal , containing
nests of a white zeolite , the fractured planes of which glittered like gems on the
pathway . Eight leagues from Matagalpa we reached the small town of
Tierrabona ...
On some of the ranges we crossed , the rocks were amygdaloidal , containing
nests of a white zeolite , the fractured planes of which glittered like gems on the
pathway . Eight leagues from Matagalpa we reached the small town of
Tierrabona ...
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
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