The Naturalist in NicaraguaJ. M. Dent & Sons, 1911 - 306 pages |
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Page 69
... nearly east and west , is probably due to the direction of the outcrops of the lodes which have resisted the action ... nearly vertically . Excepting that they are very irregular in thickness , and often branch and send thin offshoots ...
... nearly east and west , is probably due to the direction of the outcrops of the lodes which have resisted the action ... nearly vertically . Excepting that they are very irregular in thickness , and often branch and send thin offshoots ...
Page 122
... nearly pure Aztec for Two Peaks , but the island itself only contains one , and the name was probably given by an invader who saw the two peaks of Ometépec and Madera from the shore of the lake , and thought they belonged to one island ...
... nearly pure Aztec for Two Peaks , but the island itself only contains one , and the name was probably given by an invader who saw the two peaks of Ometépec and Madera from the shore of the lake , and thought they belonged to one island ...
Page 145
... nearly perpendicular side of the leaf and be drowned . It is not impossible that the small supply of mineral salts required for the organisation of these plants that do not draw any nutriment from the earth may be obtained from dead ...
... nearly perpendicular side of the leaf and be drowned . It is not impossible that the small supply of mineral salts required for the organisation of these plants that do not draw any nutriment from the earth may be obtained from dead ...
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