The Naturalist in NicaraguaJ. M. Dent & Sons, 1911 - 306 pages |
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Page 145
... forest tops , whilst the savannahs were bathed in sunshine , ever raised in my mind vague sensations of the unknown and the unfathomable . Our course was nearly parallel to this gloomy forest , but we gradually approached it . The line ...
... forest tops , whilst the savannahs were bathed in sunshine , ever raised in my mind vague sensations of the unknown and the unfathomable . Our course was nearly parallel to this gloomy forest , but we gradually approached it . The line ...
Page 147
... forest , beating it back gradually , but surely , towards the north - east . As this process has probably been going on for thousands of years , I believe that the edge of the forest is several miles nearer the Atlantic than it was ...
... forest , beating it back gradually , but surely , towards the north - east . As this process has probably been going on for thousands of years , I believe that the edge of the forest is several miles nearer the Atlantic than it was ...
Page 158
... forest , small clearings of maize . These people , with unlimited fertile land at their disposal , were all sunk in what looked like squalid poverty ; but they had a roof over their heads , and sufficient , though coarse , food , and ...
... forest , small clearings of maize . These people , with unlimited fertile land at their disposal , were all sunk in what looked like squalid poverty ; but they had a roof over their heads , and sufficient , though coarse , food , and ...
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