The Naturalist in NicaraguaJ. M. Dent & Sons, 1911 - 306 pages |
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Page 151
... steep ; we were continually ascending or descending , and as it rained all the afternoon , the footing for our beasts was very bad . I was riding on a horse , and he not being so sure - footed or so cautious as a mule , often stumbled ...
... steep ; we were continually ascending or descending , and as it rained all the afternoon , the footing for our beasts was very bad . I was riding on a horse , and he not being so sure - footed or so cautious as a mule , often stumbled ...
Page 184
... steep side of this gorge , often along the side of a precipice , where a few logs were laid to prevent the mules going over , but really increas- ing the danger , for they were old and rotten . Large boulders , imbedded in dark ...
... steep side of this gorge , often along the side of a precipice , where a few logs were laid to prevent the mules going over , but really increas- ing the danger , for they were old and rotten . Large boulders , imbedded in dark ...
Page 188
... steep ranges , composed of great moraine - like heaps of clay , with large angular boulders . Pine and oak trees covered the heights , shrouded with long fringes and festoons of the moss - like Tillandsia . Many epiphytes grew on the ...
... steep ranges , composed of great moraine - like heaps of clay , with large angular boulders . Pine and oak trees covered the heights , shrouded with long fringes and festoons of the moss - like Tillandsia . Many epiphytes grew on the ...
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