The Naturalist in NicaraguaJ. M. Dent & Sons, 1911 - 306 pages |
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Page 122
... range , and now left the main road , taking a path to the left , that is very rocky and narrow . We began rapidly to descend , and found an entire change of climate on this side of the range . It had been raining for weeks at Libertad ...
... range , and now left the main road , taking a path to the left , that is very rocky and narrow . We began rapidly to descend , and found an entire change of climate on this side of the range . It had been raining for weeks at Libertad ...
Page 139
... range , mantled with dark wood . The intervening country could not be seen , and only a small portion of the range itself ; framed in , as it were , by the sides of the street . It looked close at hand , like a piece of artificial ...
... range , mantled with dark wood . The intervening country could not be seen , and only a small portion of the range itself ; framed in , as it were , by the sides of the street . It looked close at hand , like a piece of artificial ...
Page 220
... range was covered with trees of various kinds , but none of them growing to a great height ; higher up we reached the sighing pine trees , and higher still , the hills were covered with grass , and sup- ported herds of cattle . About ...
... range was covered with trees of various kinds , but none of them growing to a great height ; higher up we reached the sighing pine trees , and higher still , the hills were covered with grass , and sup- ported herds of cattle . About ...
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