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Page 184
... reaching to the dry bed of the brook . After a steep and rocky ascent , we reached the top of the range , and before us lay the upper end of the valley of Jinotega . Here it was very narrow , hemmed in by rocky ranges capped with pine ...
... reaching to the dry bed of the brook . After a steep and rocky ascent , we reached the top of the range , and before us lay the upper end of the valley of Jinotega . Here it was very narrow , hemmed in by rocky ranges capped with pine ...
Page 187
... reached low flat - topped ranges covered with small trees and brushwood , amongst which were many clearings well fenced and planted with maize . Passing over an undulating country , the hills covered with oak forests , the lowlands well ...
... reached low flat - topped ranges covered with small trees and brushwood , amongst which were many clearings well fenced and planted with maize . Passing over an undulating country , the hills covered with oak forests , the lowlands well ...
Page 229
... reached the small town of Tierrabona , where , as the name implies , the land is very good . Every house had an enclosure around it , planted with maize and beans : and though it was evident that the land was cropped year after year ...
... reached the small town of Tierrabona , where , as the name implies , the land is very good . Every house had an enclosure around it , planted with maize and beans : and though it was evident that the land was cropped year after year ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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