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 45
... morning we set off , with our luggage on pack mules . We crossed some rocky low 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 ...
... morning we set off , with our luggage on pack mules . We crossed some rocky low 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 ...
Page 48
... morning . Cattle , horses , and mules are bred on these plains . Male asses are kept at some of the haciendas . They are not allowed to mix with any of their own kind , and are well fed and in good condition ; but they are only of small ...
... morning . Cattle , horses , and mules are bred on these plains . Male asses are kept at some of the haciendas . They are not allowed to mix with any of their own kind , and are well fed and in good condition ; but they are only of small ...
Page 53
... morning , and crossed low thinly - timbered hills and savannahs to Pital , a scattered settlement of many small thatched houses , close to the borders of the great forest , on the edge of which were clearings made for growing maize ...
... morning , and crossed low thinly - timbered hills and savannahs to Pital , a scattered settlement of many small thatched houses , close to the borders of the great forest , on the edge of which were clearings made for growing maize ...
Page 145
... morning with a supply of ball cartridges , but in the night it had rained heavily , so that I could not even find the jaguar's tracks , and although afterwards I was always prepared , I never met with another . From the accounts of the ...
... morning with a supply of ball cartridges , but in the night it had rained heavily , so that I could not even find the jaguar's tracks , and although afterwards I was always prepared , I never met with another . From the accounts of the ...
Page 150
... morning , taking with me my native boy , Rito , who carried on his mule behind him my blankets and a change of clothes . I carried in my hand a light fowling - piece . The roads through the forest were excessively muddy , and it took us ...
... morning , taking with me my native boy , Rito , who carried on his mule behind him my blankets and a change of clothes . I carried in my hand a light fowling - piece . The roads through the forest were excessively muddy , and it took us ...
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