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 40
... appear to be too indolent to grow them themselves . All who have ascended the river speak of the great quantities of plantains that the Guatuses grow , and this fruit , and the abundant fish of the river , form their principal food ...
... appear to be too indolent to grow them themselves . All who have ascended the river speak of the great quantities of plantains that the Guatuses grow , and this fruit , and the abundant fish of the river , form their principal food ...
Page 45
... appear to be common in the lake . Sometimes , when in shallow water , we saw a pointed billow rapidly moving away from the boat , produced by some large fish below , and I was told it was a shark . After dark the wind failed us again ...
... appear to be common in the lake . Sometimes , when in shallow water , we saw a pointed billow rapidly moving away from the boat , produced by some large fish below , and I was told it was a shark . After dark the wind failed us again ...
Page 50
... appears to have been an Indian city before the Spanish con- quest . The name is Indian , and in the plaza Señor Ber- mudez pointed out to me some flat bared rock surfaces , on which were engraved circles and various straight and curved ...
... appears to have been an Indian city before the Spanish con- quest . The name is Indian , and in the plaza Señor Ber- mudez pointed out to me some flat bared rock surfaces , on which were engraved circles and various straight and curved ...
Page 53
... appear to be similar to what are found on many rivers running into the Caribbean Sea , and to those which were examined by Schomburgk on the rocks of the Orinoco and Essequibo ; as others like them , of undoubted Carib workmanship ...
... appear to be similar to what are found on many rivers running into the Caribbean Sea , and to those which were examined by Schomburgk on the rocks of the Orinoco and Essequibo ; as others like them , of undoubted Carib workmanship ...
Page 57
... appears covered with beautiful flowers , which do not belong to it , but to one of the lianas that twines through its branches and sends down great ropes like stems to the ground . Climbing ferns and vanilla cling to the trunks , and a ...
... appears covered with beautiful flowers , which do not belong to it , but to one of the lianas that twines through its branches and sends down great ropes like stems to the ground . Climbing ferns and vanilla cling to the trunks , and a ...
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