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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... miles above Greytown . The Seri- piqui is navigable by canoes for about twenty miles from this point , and then commences a rough mountain mule- track to San José , the capital of Costa Rica . We paddled on all the afternoon with little ...
... miles above Greytown . The Seri- piqui is navigable by canoes for about twenty miles from this point , and then commences a rough mountain mule- track to San José , the capital of Costa Rica . We paddled on all the afternoon with little ...
Page 31
... miles above Greytown . We breakfasted at Machuca before starting next morning , and I walked up round the rapids and ... mile lower down the river , and dragging his guns round to a hill behind it by which it was commanded . This hill is ...
... miles above Greytown . We breakfasted at Machuca before starting next morning , and I walked up round the rapids and ... mile lower down the river , and dragging his guns round to a hill behind it by which it was commanded . This hill is ...
Page 35
... miles during the day against the current . San Carlos is at the head of the river , where it issues from the great Lake of Nicaragua , about one hundred and twenty miles from Greytown . The mean level of the waters of the lake ...
... miles during the day against the current . San Carlos is at the head of the river , where it issues from the great Lake of Nicaragua , about one hundred and twenty miles from Greytown . The mean level of the waters of the lake ...
Page 43
... - capped peaks appeal to the imagination rather than to the eye . At this end of the lake the water is shallow , probably filled up by the mud brought down by the Rio Frio . We had still a voyage of sixty miles before us.
... - capped peaks appeal to the imagination rather than to the eye . At this end of the lake the water is shallow , probably filled up by the mud brought down by the Rio Frio . We had still a voyage of sixty miles before us.
Page 44
... miles before us up the lake , and this was to be accomplished not by paddling , but by sailing ; so we now rigged two light masts , and soon after seven o'clock sailed slowly away from San Carlos before a light breeze , which in an ...
... miles before us up the lake , and this was to be accomplished not by paddling , but by sailing ; so we now rigged two light masts , and soon after seven o'clock sailed slowly away from San Carlos before a light breeze , which in an ...
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