The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests. With Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living FormsJ. Murray, 1874 - 403 pages |
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Page xviii
... taken over it - the Caribs waited just outside until a higher wave than usual came rolling in , then paddling with all their might we were carried over on its crest , and found ourselves in the smooth water of the river . Many lives ...
... taken over it - the Caribs waited just outside until a higher wave than usual came rolling in , then paddling with all their might we were carried over on its crest , and found ourselves in the smooth water of the river . Many lives ...
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... taken . Our boatmen paddled on until nine o'clock , when we anchored in the middle of the stream , which was here about one hundred yards wide . Distant as we were from the shores , we were not too far for the mosquitoes , which came ...
... taken . Our boatmen paddled on until nine o'clock , when we anchored in the middle of the stream , which was here about one hundred yards wide . Distant as we were from the shores , we were not too far for the mosquitoes , which came ...
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... taken by the first one , although it was far out of sight . Wherever it had made a slight detour they did so likewise . I scraped with my knife a small portion of the clay on the trail , and the ants were com- pletely at fault for a ...
... taken by the first one , although it was far out of sight . Wherever it had made a slight detour they did so likewise . I scraped with my knife a small portion of the clay on the trail , and the ants were com- pletely at fault for a ...
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... taken to keep the public stores full , no private man can want anything ; for among them there is no unequal distribution , so that no man is poor , nor in any necessity , and though no man has anything , yet they are all rich ; for ...
... taken to keep the public stores full , no private man can want anything ; for among them there is no unequal distribution , so that no man is poor , nor in any necessity , and though no man has anything , yet they are all rich ; for ...
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... taken of the situation to fix the custom house here , at which are collected the duties on all articles going up to the interior . The first view of Castillo when coming up the river is a fine one . The fort - crowned hill and the ...
... taken of the situation to fix the custom house here , at which are collected the duties on all articles going up to the interior . The first view of Castillo when coming up the river is a fine one . The fort - crowned hill and the ...
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