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The lodes run east and west , and are nearly perpendicular , sometimes dipping
a little to the north , sometimes a little to the south , and near the surface ,
generally turning over towards the face of the hill through which they cut . The
trend of ...
The lodes run east and west , and are nearly perpendicular , sometimes dipping
a little to the north , sometimes a little to the south , and near the surface ,
generally turning over towards the face of the hill through which they cut . The
trend of ...
Page 122
Again Ometepec is 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 ...
Again Ometepec is 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 ...
Page 267
... miles away , near the volcano of San Miguel , the dust was so thick that it was
quite dark from four o'clock in the evening until nearly noon of the next day ; and
even at that distance there was deposited a layer of fine ashes four inches deep .
... miles away , near the volcano of San Miguel , the dust was so thick that it was
quite dark from four o'clock in the evening until nearly noon of the next day ; and
even at that distance there was deposited a layer of fine ashes four inches deep .
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua 651. number of Everyman's Library 651. number of Everyman's library: Science |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | J. M. Dent, 1911 |
| Original from | UC Southern Regional Library Facility |
| Digitized | 16 dets. 2014 |
| Length | 306 pages |
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