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Page 14
Their plantain patch and occasionally some fish from the river suffice to keep
them alive and indolent . At seven o'clock we reached the Colorado branch ,
which carries off the greater part of the waters of the San Juan to This is about
twenty ...
Their plantain patch and occasionally some fish from the river suffice to keep
them alive and indolent . At seven o'clock we reached the Colorado branch ,
which carries off the greater part of the waters of the San Juan to This is about
twenty ...
Page 34
I was told of one commandante at San Carlos who had manned some canoes
and proceeded up the river as far as the plantain grounds of the Indians , loaded
his boats with the plantains , and brought them down to San Carlos , where the ...
I was told of one commandante at San Carlos who had manned some canoes
and proceeded up the river as far as the plantain grounds of the Indians , loaded
his boats with the plantains , and brought them down to San Carlos , where the ...
Page 54
Next to maize , plantains and bananas form the principal sustenance of the
natives . The banana tree shoots up its succulent stem , and unfolds its immense
entire leaves with great rapidity ; and a group of them waving their silky leaves in
the ...
Next to maize , plantains and bananas form the principal sustenance of the
natives . The banana tree shoots up its succulent stem , and unfolds its immense
entire leaves with great rapidity ; and a group of them waving their silky leaves in
the ...
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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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