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Page 141
Looking down the valley it opened out into a wide plain , with here and there
sharp - topped conical hills , such as abound in Central America , where they
appear to have been taken as landmarks by the Indians , as many of the old
roads lead ...
Looking down the valley it opened out into a wide plain , with here and there
sharp - topped conical hills , such as abound in Central America , where they
appear to have been taken as landmarks by the Indians , as many of the old
roads lead ...
Page 150
CHAPTER XI Start on journey to Segovia - Rocky mountain road -A poor lodging
-The rock of Cuapo - The use of large beaks in some birdsComoapa - A native
doctor - Vultures — Flight of birds that soar -Natives live from generation to ...
CHAPTER XI Start on journey to Segovia - Rocky mountain road -A poor lodging
-The rock of Cuapo - The use of large beaks in some birdsComoapa - A native
doctor - Vultures — Flight of birds that soar -Natives live from generation to ...
Page 187
Benighted on the Road 187 given them some hopes of saving their crops . We
passed a village called Apanás and then struck across the plains , and on the
other side reached low flat - topped ranges covered with small trees and
brushwood ...
Benighted on the Road 187 given them some hopes of saving their crops . We
passed a village called Apanás and then struck across the plains , and on the
other side reached low flat - topped ranges covered with small trees and
brushwood ...
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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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