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 FormsE. Bumpus, 1888 - 403 pages |
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... feet long and nine feet wide . There is generally a little cabin , roofed over at the stern , in which the wife of the captain lives . The bungo is poled along by twelve bungo - men , who have usually only one suit of clothes each ...
... feet long and nine feet wide . There is generally a little cabin , roofed over at the stern , in which the wife of the captain lives . The bungo is poled along by twelve bungo - men , who have usually only one suit of clothes each ...
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... . A cut like this is made about every three feet all the way up the trunk . The milk will all run out of a tree in about an hour after it is cut , and is C collected into a large tin bottle made flat on one Ch . III . ] 33 INDIA - RUBBER .
... . A cut like this is made about every three feet all the way up the trunk . The milk will all run out of a tree in about an hour after it is cut , and is C collected into a large tin bottle made flat on one Ch . III . ] 33 INDIA - RUBBER .
Page 34
... feet in diameter , will yield when first cut about twenty gallons of milk , each gallon of which makes two and a half pounds of rubber . I was told that the tree recovers from the wounds and may be cut again after the lapse of a few ...
... feet in diameter , will yield when first cut about twenty gallons of milk , each gallon of which makes two and a half pounds of rubber . I was told that the tree recovers from the wounds and may be cut again after the lapse of a few ...
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... feet in length , springing from near the ground . Our boatmen continued to paddle all day , and as night approached ... feet , so that the river falls on an average a little less than one foot per mile . The height of the lowest pass ...
... feet in length , springing from near the ground . Our boatmen continued to paddle all day , and as night approached ... feet , so that the river falls on an average a little less than one foot per mile . The height of the lowest pass ...
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... feet above the first . Above this is another deck , on which are the cabins of the officers and the steering apparatus . The appearance of such a structure is more like that of a house than a boat . The one we were in , the Panaloya ...
... feet above the first . Above this is another deck , on which are the cabins of the officers and the steering apparatus . The appearance of such a structure is more like that of a house than a boat . The one we were in , the Panaloya ...
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amongst ancient animals ants Atlantic attacks beautiful beetles birds branches brushwood bushes butterflies carried cattle Central America Chontales colour continued couvade covered crossed dark Depilto dogs Ecitons feet flowers forest fresh-water fruit glacial period gold grass green Greytown ground hills Indians inhabitants insects islands Jinotega journey Juigalpa lake land larvæ leaf-cutting ants leaves Libertad live lodes longicorn look maize Masaya Matagalpa Mexico miles mines mountain mules Nahuatls natives nearly nest Nicaragua night numerous o'clock Ocotal passed plains plants prey probably quartz quartz veins rain range reached resemblance Rio Frio river road rocks rocky San Ubaldo Santo Domingo savannahs seen side slope soon Spaniards species spiders steep stones surface Teustepe tion told Totagalpa town trachyte travelling trees trogons tropical America valley variety vegetation Velasquez wasp whilst wings yellow young