The Naturalist in NicaraguaJ. M. Dent & Sons, 1911 - 306 pages |
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Thomas Belt. CONTENTS CHAPTER I Arrival at Greytown - The river San Juan - Silting up of ... San Juan river - Palms and wild canes- Plantations The Colorado river ... Ubaldo - Ride across the plains— Vegetation of the plains - Armadillo ...
Thomas Belt. CONTENTS CHAPTER I Arrival at Greytown - The river San Juan - Silting up of ... San Juan river - Palms and wild canes- Plantations The Colorado river ... Ubaldo - Ride across the plains— Vegetation of the plains - Armadillo ...
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... San Ubaldo , about ten o'clock , and found an officer of the mining company , living in a small thatched hut , stationed there to send on the machinery and other goods that arrived for the mines . A large tiled store had also just been ...
... San Ubaldo , about ten o'clock , and found an officer of the mining company , living in a small thatched hut , stationed there to send on the machinery and other goods that arrived for the mines . A large tiled store had also just been ...
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... San Juan . We arrived at San Ubaldo at two o'clock , and found our mules safe but foot - sore , through travelling over the rocky hills from Santo Claro . The San José plains were in a dreadfully muddy state , and for five miles we went ...
... San Juan . We arrived at San Ubaldo at two o'clock , and found our mules safe but foot - sore , through travelling over the rocky hills from Santo Claro . The San José plains were in a dreadfully muddy state , and for five miles we went ...
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