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Page 31
San Carlos is at the head of the river , where it issues from the great lake of
Nicaragua , about one hundred and twenty miles from Greytown . The mean level
of the waters of the lake , according to the survey of Colonel O. W. Childs , in
1851 ...
San Carlos is at the head of the river , where it issues from the great lake of
Nicaragua , about one hundred and twenty miles from Greytown . The mean level
of the waters of the lake , according to the survey of Colonel O. W. Childs , in
1851 ...
Page 37
CHAPTER IV The lake of Nicaragua — Ometepec — Becalmed on the lake -
White egrets — Reach San Ubaldo — Ride across the plains — Vegetation of the
plains - Armadillo — Savannahs — Jicara trees - Jicara bowls -Origin of gourd ...
CHAPTER IV The lake of Nicaragua — Ometepec — Becalmed on the lake -
White egrets — Reach San Ubaldo — Ride across the plains — Vegetation of the
plains - Armadillo — Savannahs — Jicara trees - Jicara bowls -Origin of gourd ...
Page 264
There was no water when I visited Masaya , excepting what was brought up from
the lake which lies more than 300 feet below the town , surrounded , excepting
on the western side , by precipitous cliffs , down which three or four rocky paths ...
There was no water when I visited Masaya , excepting what was brought up from
the lake which lies more than 300 feet below the town , surrounded , excepting
on the western side , by precipitous cliffs , down which three or four rocky paths ...
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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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