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 36
... hill behind the town , and commanding the entrance to the river , are the ruins of a once strong fort built by the Spaniards , the crumbling walls now green with the delicate fronds of a maidenhair fern ( Adiantum ) . The little town ...
... hill behind the town , and commanding the entrance to the river , are the ruins of a once strong fort built by the Spaniards , the crumbling walls now green with the delicate fronds of a maidenhair fern ( Adiantum ) . The little town ...
Page 43
... hills and ranges covered with dark forests . The lake is too large to be called beautiful , and its vast extent and the mere glimpses of its limits and cloud- capped peaks appeal to the imagination rather than to the eye . At this end ...
... hills and ranges covered with dark forests . The lake is too large to be called beautiful , and its vast extent and the mere glimpses of its limits and cloud- capped peaks appeal to the imagination rather than to the eye . At this end ...
Page 45
... hills , with scanty vegetation , and , after passing the cattle hacienda of San José , reached the plains of the same name , about two leagues in width , now dry and dusty , but in the wet season forming a great slough of water and ...
... hills , with scanty vegetation , and , after passing the cattle hacienda of San José , reached the plains of the same name , about two leagues in width , now dry and dusty , but in the wet season forming a great slough of water and ...
Page 46
... hills , here called savannahs , with patches of forest on the rising ground , and small plains on which grows the ternate - leaved jicara ( pronounced hickory ) , a tree about as large as an apple - tree , with fruit of the size , shape ...
... hills , here called savannahs , with patches of forest on the rising ground , and small plains on which grows the ternate - leaved jicara ( pronounced hickory ) , a tree about as large as an apple - tree , with fruit of the size , shape ...
Page 48
... hills we just got a glimpse of a small pack of wolves , or coyotes , as they are called , from the Aztec coyotl ... hill for a few moments , then trotted off down the other side . Their howlings may often be heard in the early morning ...
... hills we just got a glimpse of a small pack of wolves , or coyotes , as they are called , from the Aztec coyotl ... hill for a few moments , then trotted off down the other side . Their howlings may often be heard in the early morning ...
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