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 35
... Lake of Nicaragua , about one hundred and twenty miles from Greytown . The mean level of the waters of the lake , according to the survey of Colonel O. W. Childs , in 1851 , is 107 feet , so that the river falls on an average a little ...
... Lake of Nicaragua , about one hundred and twenty miles from Greytown . The mean level of the waters of the lake , according to the survey of Colonel O. W. Childs , in 1851 , is 107 feet , so that the river falls on an average a little ...
Page 36
... lake and the Atlantic . Another great ad- vantage would be that the deepening of the river would be effected by steam power , so that it would not be re- quired to bring such a multitude of labourers to the isthmus as would be necessary ...
... lake and the Atlantic . Another great ad- vantage would be that the deepening of the river would be effected by steam power , so that it would not be re- quired to bring such a multitude of labourers to the isthmus as would be necessary ...
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... lake . The banks of its upper waters are inhabited by a race of Indians who have never been subjected by the Spaniards , and about whom very little is known . They are called Guatuses , and have been said to have red or light - coloured ...
... lake . The banks of its upper waters are inhabited by a race of Indians who have never been subjected by the Spaniards , and about whom very little is known . They are called Guatuses , and have been said to have red or light - coloured ...
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... the Ameri- can Transit Company . It was too dark when we arrived at San Carlos to see anything that night of the great lake , but we heard the waves breaking on the beach like a sea - shore , and from further away came.
... the Ameri- can Transit Company . It was too dark when we arrived at San Carlos to see anything that night of the great lake , but we heard the waves breaking on the beach like a sea - shore , and from further away came.
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... with 400 passengers and twenty tons of cargo . * " There is sorrow on the sea ; it cannot be quiet . " - Jeremiah xlix . 23 . CHAPTER IV . The Lake of Nicaragua - Ometepec - 42 [ Ch . III . THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA ,
... with 400 passengers and twenty tons of cargo . * " There is sorrow on the sea ; it cannot be quiet . " - Jeremiah xlix . 23 . CHAPTER IV . The Lake of Nicaragua - Ometepec - 42 [ Ch . III . THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA ,
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