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In the West India Islands they occupied most of Cuba and Hayti ; but from Porto
Rico southwards the islands were people by the warlike Caribs , who harassed
the more civilised tribes to the north . From Cape Gracias a Dios southward , the ...
In the West India Islands they occupied most of Cuba and Hayti ; but from Porto
Rico southwards the islands were people by the warlike Caribs , who harassed
the more civilised tribes to the north . From Cape Gracias a Dios southward , the ...
Page 206
Mexico . The land molluscs of the islands to the south , on the contrary , from
Barbuda and St. Kitt's down to Trinidad , are of two types , one Venezuelan , the
other Guianian ; the western side of the supposed continuous land , namely ,
Trinidad ...
Mexico . The land molluscs of the islands to the south , on the contrary , from
Barbuda and St. Kitt's down to Trinidad , are of two types , one Venezuelan , the
other Guianian ; the western side of the supposed continuous land , namely ,
Trinidad ...
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the ocean , on which the present West Indian Islands were mountains , rising
high above the level and fertile plains that are now covered by the sea ?
Obscurely the accounts of it have come down to us from the dim past , but there is
a ...
the ocean , on which the present West Indian Islands were mountains , rising
high above the level and fertile plains that are now covered by the sea ?
Obscurely the accounts of it have come down to us from the dim past , but there is
a ...
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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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