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 25
... reaching to the ground below . Their innumerable long legs looked like brown threads binding together the mass , which must have been at least a cubic yard in bulk , and contained hun- dreds of thousands of individuals , although many ...
... reaching to the ground below . Their innumerable long legs looked like brown threads binding together the mass , which must have been at least a cubic yard in bulk , and contained hun- dreds of thousands of individuals , although many ...
Page 27
... reaching to each other , remained stationary , and over them the main column passed . Another time they were crossing a water - course along a small branch , not thicker than a goose - quill . They widened this natural bridge to three ...
... reaching to each other , remained stationary , and over them the main column passed . Another time they were crossing a water - course along a small branch , not thicker than a goose - quill . They widened this natural bridge to three ...
Page 31
... reached Ma- chuca , a settlement consisting of a single house , just below the rapids of the same name , seventy - seven miles above Greytown . We breakfasted at Machuca before starting next morning , and I walked up round the rapids ...
... reached Ma- chuca , a settlement consisting of a single house , just below the rapids of the same name , seventy - seven miles above Greytown . We breakfasted at Machuca before starting next morning , and I walked up round the rapids ...
Page 35
... reached the mouth of the Savallo , and stayed at a house there to breakfast , the owner , a German , giving us roast wari , fowls , and eggs . He told me that there was a hot spring up the Savallo , but I had not time to go and see it ...
... reached the mouth of the Savallo , and stayed at a house there to breakfast , the owner , a German , giving us roast wari , fowls , and eggs . He told me that there was a hot spring up the Savallo , but I had not time to go and see it ...
Page 44
... reached us , and our torment was over ; our sails , no more idly flapping , filled out before the wind ; the canoe dashed through the rising waves ; our drooping spirits revived , and there was an opening out of provisions , and life ...
... reached us , and our torment was over ; our sails , no more idly flapping , filled out before the wind ; the canoe dashed through the rising waves ; our drooping spirits revived , and there was an opening out of provisions , and life ...
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