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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... River San Juan - Silting up of the Harbour - Crossing the Bar - Lives lost on it- Sharks- Christopher Columbus - Appearance of the Town - Trade- Healthiness of the Town and its probable cause - Comparison between Greytown , Pernambuco ...
... River San Juan - Silting up of the Harbour - Crossing the Bar - Lives lost on it- Sharks- Christopher Columbus - Appearance of the Town - Trade- Healthiness of the Town and its probable cause - Comparison between Greytown , Pernambuco ...
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... river , and even in the dry months , from March to June , there is sufficient water coming down from the lake to keep open a fine harbour , if it were not that about twenty miles above its mouth it begins to dissipate its force by ...
... river , and even in the dry months , from March to June , there is sufficient water coming down from the lake to keep open a fine harbour , if it were not that about twenty miles above its mouth it begins to dissipate its force by ...
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... river . We saw the fin of one , rising above the surface of the water as it swam lazily about ; and the sailors of the mail steamers when lying off the port often amuse themselves by catching them with large hooks baited with pieces of ...
... river . We saw the fin of one , rising above the surface of the water as it swam lazily about ; and the sailors of the mail steamers when lying off the port often amuse themselves by catching them with large hooks baited with pieces of ...
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... Mr. Hollenbeck lent me his horse , and I rode a few miles northward along the beach . On my return , I tied up the horse and walked about a mile over the ALLIGATORS IN SAN JUAN RIVER . Page 9 . Ch co [ Ch . I. THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA .
... Mr. Hollenbeck lent me his horse , and I rode a few miles northward along the beach . On my return , I tied up the horse and walked about a mile over the ALLIGATORS IN SAN JUAN RIVER . Page 9 . Ch co [ Ch . I. THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA .
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... Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests. With Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms Thomas Belt. ALLIGATORS IN SAN JUAN RIVER . Page 9 . Ch . I. ] ALLIGATORS . sand - bank that.
... Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests. With Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms Thomas Belt. ALLIGATORS IN SAN JUAN RIVER . Page 9 . Ch . I. ] ALLIGATORS . sand - bank that.
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