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 43
... Origin of Gourd - shaped Pottery - Coyotes - Mule - breed- ing - Reach Acoyapo - Festa - Cross High Range - Esquipula— The Rio Mico - Supposed Statues on its banks - Pital - Cultivation of Maize - Its use from the earliest times in ...
... Origin of Gourd - shaped Pottery - Coyotes - Mule - breed- ing - Reach Acoyapo - Festa - Cross High Range - Esquipula— The Rio Mico - Supposed Statues on its banks - Pital - Cultivation of Maize - Its use from the earliest times in ...
Page 67
... origin ; and this fact , together with the absence of any native , Mexican , or Peruvian name for the fruit , incline me to adopt the opinion of Clavigero , who con- tends , in opposition to other writers , that the plantain and banana ...
... origin ; and this fact , together with the absence of any native , Mexican , or Peruvian name for the fruit , incline me to adopt the opinion of Clavigero , who con- tends , in opposition to other writers , that the plantain and banana ...
Page 85
... Origin of Mineral Veins - Their connection with intrusions of Plutonic Rocks . THERE is scarcely any level land around Santo Domingo , but in every direction a succession of hills and valleys . The hills are not isolated ; they run in ...
... Origin of Mineral Veins - Their connection with intrusions of Plutonic Rocks . THERE is scarcely any level land around Santo Domingo , but in every direction a succession of hills and valleys . The hills are not isolated ; they run in ...
Page 87
... origin to cracks or fractures in the rocks that have been filled up with mineral substances through chemical , thermal , aqueous , or Plutonic agencies . In depth , the bottom of fissure - veins has never been reached , and taking into ...
... origin to cracks or fractures in the rocks that have been filled up with mineral substances through chemical , thermal , aqueous , or Plutonic agencies . In depth , the bottom of fissure - veins has never been reached , and taking into ...
Page 95
... origin . The I have already mentioned that the lodes near their summit incline over towards the face of the hill through which they cut . In some cases , as in the San Antonio mine , the lode is in parts bent completely round , as shown ...
... origin . The I have already mentioned that the lodes near their summit incline over towards the face of the hill through which they cut . In some cases , as in the San Antonio mine , the lode is in parts bent completely round , as shown ...
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