The Naturalist in NicaraguaJ. M. Dent & Sons, 1911 - 306 pages |
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Page 31
... feet above the lake , therefore at that point the highest elevation between the two oceans is only about 133 feet ; but even allowing that an error of a few feet may be discovered when a thorough survey is made across from sea to sea ...
... feet above the lake , therefore at that point the highest elevation between the two oceans is only about 133 feet ; but even allowing that an error of a few feet may be discovered when a thorough survey is made across from sea to sea ...
Page 128
... feet long and twenty broad . Several small trees had sprung up amongst the stones . Near the centre two holes had been dug down about four feet deep . Our guide told us that he and his brother had made them , to hide themselves in from ...
... feet long and twenty broad . Several small trees had sprung up amongst the stones . Near the centre two holes had been dug down about four feet deep . Our guide told us that he and his brother had made them , to hide themselves in from ...
Page 203
... feet above the sea , those near Libertad about two thousand feet . The low pass between the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans , through the valley of the San Juan and the Lake of Nicaragua , is less than two hundred feet above the sea , 1 ...
... feet above the sea , those near Libertad about two thousand feet . The low pass between the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans , through the valley of the San Juan and the Lake of Nicaragua , is less than two hundred feet above the sea , 1 ...
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