The Naturalist in NicaraguaJ. M. Dent & Sons, 1911 - 306 pages |
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Page 274
... Nicaragua , whose country comprised the present province of Rivas . Nicaragua had been informed of " the sharpness of the Spanish swords " and received Gonzales with hospitality , presenting him with much gold , equal to " 25,000 pieces ...
... Nicaragua , whose country comprised the present province of Rivas . Nicaragua had been informed of " the sharpness of the Spanish swords " and received Gonzales with hospitality , presenting him with much gold , equal to " 25,000 pieces ...
Page 287
... Nicaragua . The eminent ornithologist , Mr. Osbert Salvin , published in the Ibis for July 1872 a list of seventy - three species that I had up to that time sent to England . Alto- gether , only one hundred and fifty species , including ...
... Nicaragua . The eminent ornithologist , Mr. Osbert Salvin , published in the Ibis for July 1872 a list of seventy - three species that I had up to that time sent to England . Alto- gether , only one hundred and fifty species , including ...
Page 296
... Nicaragua offers a tempt- ing field for the emigrant , but there are some other considera- tions which should not be lost sight of . When a man finds he can live easily without much work , that all his neighbours are contented with the ...
... Nicaragua offers a tempt- ing field for the emigrant , but there are some other considera- tions which should not be lost sight of . When a man finds he can live easily without much work , that all his neighbours are contented with the ...
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