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Page 61
61 Method of Eradicating Ants very large one , the low mound of earth covering it
being about four yards in diameter . At first I tried to stop the holes up , but fresh
ones were immediately opened out : I then dug down below the mound , and laid
...
61 Method of Eradicating Ants very large one , the low mound of earth covering it
being about four yards in diameter . At first I tried to stop the holes up , but fresh
ones were immediately opened out : I then dug down below the mound , and laid
...
Page 152
The remains of a broken chair was the only furniture , excepting the rough
bedsteads made by inserting four sticks into the ground , on which were laid two
long poles , kept apart by two shorter ones at the end , over which rude frame a
dry ...
The remains of a broken chair was the only furniture , excepting the rough
bedsteads made by inserting four sticks into the ground , on which were laid two
long poles , kept apart by two shorter ones at the end , over which rude frame a
dry ...
Page 237
The family consisted of Don Filiberto , his wife , and four or five children . They
had just prepared for their own dinner a young fowl , stewed with green beans
and other vegetables , and this they placed before us , saying that they would
soon ...
The family consisted of Don Filiberto , his wife , and four or five children . They
had just prepared for their own dinner a young fowl , stewed with green beans
and other vegetables , and this they placed before us , saying that they would
soon ...
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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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