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 39
... land of the Eagle . I shall have other occasions , in the course of my narrative , to show how careful a traveller in Central America must be not to accept the explanations of the natives of the names of places and things . The first ...
... land of the Eagle . I shall have other occasions , in the course of my narrative , to show how careful a traveller in Central America must be not to accept the explanations of the natives of the names of places and things . The first ...
Page 50
... land around is very fertile ; but little of it is cultivated , as the people are indolent , and content if they make a bare livelihood . We left Acoyapo about three o'clock : our road lay up the river , which we crossed three times ...
... land around is very fertile ; but little of it is cultivated , as the people are indolent , and content if they make a bare livelihood . We left Acoyapo about three o'clock : our road lay up the river , which we crossed three times ...
Page 53
... land . At some parts they had already commenced cutting down trees for fresh clearings ; these would be burnt in April , and the maize sown the following month , in the usual primitive way , just as it was sown in Mexico before and at ...
... land . At some parts they had already commenced cutting down trees for fresh clearings ; these would be burnt in April , and the maize sown the following month , in the usual primitive way , just as it was sown in Mexico before and at ...
Page 61
... - ward it terminates in a sinuous margin about seven miles from the village , and there commence the lightly tim- bered and grassy plains and savannahs stretching to the Lake of Nicaragua . The surface of the land in.
... - ward it terminates in a sinuous margin about seven miles from the village , and there commence the lightly tim- bered and grassy plains and savannahs stretching to the Lake of Nicaragua . The surface of the land in.
Page 62
... land in the forest region forms a succession of ranges and steep valleys , covered with magnificent timber and much undergrowth . Santo Domingo lies about 2000 feet above the level of the sea , and the hills around it rise from 500 to ...
... land in the forest region forms a succession of ranges and steep valleys , covered with magnificent timber and much undergrowth . Santo Domingo lies about 2000 feet above the level of the sea , and the hills around it rise from 500 to ...
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