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Page 52
Morality is at a low ebb , and most of them live as mistresses , not as wives , for
which they do not seem to suffer in the ... This is greatly due in Nicaragua , as it is
throughout Central and South America , to the profligate lives led by the priests ...
Morality is at a low ebb , and most of them live as mistresses , not as wives , for
which they do not seem to suffer in the ... This is greatly due in Nicaragua , as it is
throughout Central and South America , to the profligate lives led by the priests ...
Page 145
Sharp Delineation of the Forest 145 or sun - dews , possess quite a different
apparatus for catching insects , and they also live in bogs , which supports the
inference that plants growing in such situations have some especial need to
obtain ...
Sharp Delineation of the Forest 145 or sun - dews , possess quite a different
apparatus for catching insects , and they also live in bogs , which supports the
inference that plants growing in such situations have some especial need to
obtain ...
Page 189
But they have been born and bred where they live , and knowing how strong is
the force of custom and how attached the Indians are to their homes , I do not
wonder that they stay from generation to generation on this bleak range .
But they have been born and bred where they live , and knowing how strong is
the force of custom and how attached the Indians are to their homes , I do not
wonder that they stay from generation to generation on this bleak range .
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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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