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 54
... maize is ripe , and is gathered when dry , and stowed away , generally over the rooms of the natives . A second crop is often sown in December . Maize is very prolific , bearing a hundred fold , and ripening in April . From the most ...
... maize is ripe , and is gathered when dry , and stowed away , generally over the rooms of the natives . A second crop is often sown in December . Maize is very prolific , bearing a hundred fold , and ripening in April . From the most ...
Page 55
... MAIZE AND MANDIOCA EATERS . 55 Ch . 1V . ] above the level of the sea ; and in the same country it has been found in tombs apparently more ancient than the times of the Incas . * In Mexico it was known from the earliest times of which ...
... MAIZE AND MANDIOCA EATERS . 55 Ch . 1V . ] above the level of the sea ; and in the same country it has been found in tombs apparently more ancient than the times of the Incas . * In Mexico it was known from the earliest times of which ...
Page 56
... Maize has been introduced by the Portuguese , but it has no native name , and is used mostly for feeding cattle and fowls , scarcely at all for the food of the people . This fundamental difference in the food of the indigenes points to ...
... Maize has been introduced by the Portuguese , but it has no native name , and is used mostly for feeding cattle and fowls , scarcely at all for the food of the people . This fundamental difference in the food of the indigenes points to ...
Page 57
... maize and cacao , any native name . As soon as we passed Pital we entered the great forest , the black margin of which we had seen for many miles , that extends from this point to the Atlantic . At first the road lay through small trees ...
... maize and cacao , any native name . As soon as we passed Pital we entered the great forest , the black margin of which we had seen for many miles , that extends from this point to the Atlantic . At first the road lay through small trees ...
Page 67
... maize , plantains and bananas form the prin- cipal sustenance of the natives . The banana tree shoots up its succulent stem , and unfolds its immense entire leaves with great rapidity ; and a group of them waving their silky leaves in ...
... maize , plantains and bananas form the prin- cipal sustenance of the natives . The banana tree shoots up its succulent stem , and unfolds its immense entire leaves with great rapidity ; and a group of them waving their silky leaves in ...
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