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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... soon as it discovered its situa- tion , ran backwards in an agitated manner , and soon communicated the intelligence to the others . They rushed to the rescue , some bit at the stone and tried to move it , others seized the prisoner by ...
... soon as it discovered its situa- tion , ran backwards in an agitated manner , and soon communicated the intelligence to the others . They rushed to the rescue , some bit at the stone and tried to move it , others seized the prisoner by ...
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... Soon after we heard some wild pigs ( Dicoteles tajaçu ) or Wari , as they are called by the natives , striking their teeth together in the wood , and one of the boatmen leaping on shore soon shot one , which he brought on board after ...
... Soon after we heard some wild pigs ( Dicoteles tajaçu ) or Wari , as they are called by the natives , striking their teeth together in the wood , and one of the boatmen leaping on shore soon shot one , which he brought on board after ...
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... soon exhausted , and the collectors were obliged to penetrate farther and farther back into the untrodden wilds of the Atlantic slope . Some more adventurous than others ascended the Rio Frio , and being well provided with firearms ...
... soon exhausted , and the collectors were obliged to penetrate farther and farther back into the untrodden wilds of the Atlantic slope . Some more adventurous than others ascended the Rio Frio , and being well provided with firearms ...
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... after wandering about the woods for some time were recaptured . I saw the lad soon after he was taken the second time . He had been a month in the woods , 66 Cả . IIl . ] STONE - HATCHETS . 41 40 [ Ch . III . THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA .
... after wandering about the woods for some time were recaptured . I saw the lad soon after he was taken the second time . He had been a month in the woods , 66 Cả . IIl . ] STONE - HATCHETS . 41 40 [ Ch . III . THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA .
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... soon after seven o'clock sailed slowly away from San Carlos before a light breeze , which in an hour's time freshened and carried us along at the rate of about six miles an hour . The sun rose higher and higher ; the day waxed hotter ...
... soon after seven o'clock sailed slowly away from San Carlos before a light breeze , which in an hour's time freshened and carried us along at the rate of about six miles an hour . The sun rose higher and higher ; the day waxed hotter ...
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