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 34
... grown ones . The tree grows very quickly , and plantations of it might easily be made , which would in the course of ten or twelve years become highly remunerative . We left Castillo at daylight the next morning , and continued our ...
... grown ones . The tree grows very quickly , and plantations of it might easily be made , which would in the course of ten or twelve years become highly remunerative . We left Castillo at daylight the next morning , and continued our ...
Page 37
... grown . Some orange , banana , and plan- tain trees exhaust the list of the productions of San Carlos , which is supported by being a calling place for all vessels proceeding up and down the river , and by the Ulleros or rubber - men ...
... grown . Some orange , banana , and plan- tain trees exhaust the list of the productions of San Carlos , which is supported by being a calling place for all vessels proceeding up and down the river , and by the Ulleros or rubber - men ...
Page 40
... 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 . Their houses are large sheds ...
... 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 . Their houses are large sheds ...
Page 45
... and plunge . In the midst of these plains there are some rocky knolls , like islands , on which grow spiny cactuses , low leathery - leaved trees , slender , spiny palms , with plum- like fruit , prickly acacias , and thorny bromelias .
... and plunge . In the midst of these plains there are some rocky knolls , like islands , on which grow spiny cactuses , low leathery - leaved trees , slender , spiny palms , with plum- like fruit , prickly acacias , and thorny bromelias .
Page 46
... growing on the trunk and branches , not amongst the leaves . The outside of the fruit is a hard thin shell , packed full of seeds in a kind of dry pulp , on which are fed fowls , and even horses and cattle in the dry season ; the latter ...
... growing on the trunk and branches , not amongst the leaves . The outside of the fruit is a hard thin shell , packed full of seeds in a kind of dry pulp , on which are fed fowls , and even horses and cattle in the dry season ; the latter ...
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