The Naturalist in NicaraguaJ. M. Dent & Sons, 1911 - 306 pages |
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Page 152
... excepting the rough bedsteads made by inserting four sticks into the ground , on which were laid two long poles , kept apart by two shorter ones at the end , over which rude frame a dry hide was stretched . I was offered one of these ...
... excepting the rough bedsteads made by inserting four sticks into the ground , on which were laid two long poles , kept apart by two shorter ones at the end , over which rude frame a dry hide was stretched . I was offered one of these ...
Page 183
... excepting a few narrow - leaved Tillandsias , no epiphytes nestle on the branches and trunks . Below , instead of shrubby palms , large - leaved heliconias , and curious melas- tom¿ , the ground was bare and brown from the fallen leaves ...
... excepting a few narrow - leaved Tillandsias , no epiphytes nestle on the branches and trunks . Below , instead of shrubby palms , large - leaved heliconias , and curious melas- tom¿ , the ground was bare and brown from the fallen leaves ...
Page 261
... excepting when the revolutionary fever breaks out about every seven or eight years , when , for a few months , business is at a stand - still , and the population is divided into two parties , alternately pursuing and being pursued ...
... excepting when the revolutionary fever breaks out about every seven or eight years , when , for a few months , business is at a stand - still , and the population is divided into two parties , alternately pursuing and being pursued ...
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