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 52
... stones , are frequent , and pieces of pottery , broken stone statues and pedestals are often met with . Near Esquipula there are some artificial - looking mounds , with great stones set round them ; in fact , this and another village ...
... stones , are frequent , and pieces of pottery , broken stone statues and pedestals are often met with . Near Esquipula there are some artificial - looking mounds , with great stones set round them ; in fact , this and another village ...
Page 55
... stone grinders , with which they bruised it down , are almost invariably found in the ancient graves , having been buried with the ashes of the dead , as an indispensable article for their outfit to another world . When Florida and ...
... stone grinders , with which they bruised it down , are almost invariably found in the ancient graves , having been buried with the ashes of the dead , as an indispensable article for their outfit to another world . When Florida and ...
Page 56
... stone , called a metlate , from the Aztec metlatl , on which it is rubbed with another stone shaped like a rolling - pin . A little water is thrown on it as it is bruised , and it is thus formed into paste . A ball of the paste is taken ...
... stone , called a metlate , from the Aztec metlatl , on which it is rubbed with another stone shaped like a rolling - pin . A little water is thrown on it as it is bruised , and it is thus formed into paste . A ball of the paste is taken ...
Page 58
... stones and fern - clad nooks . One's thoughts are led away to the green dells in English denes , but are soon recalled ; for the sparkling pools are the favourite haunts of the fairy humming - birds ; like an arrow , one will dart up ...
... stones and fern - clad nooks . One's thoughts are led away to the green dells in English denes , but are soon recalled ; for the sparkling pools are the favourite haunts of the fairy humming - birds ; like an arrow , one will dart up ...
Page 83
... stones ; but although great numbers carrying leaves were thus cut off from the nest , they would not cross the rails , but set to work making fresh tunnels underneath them . Apparently an order had gone forth , or a general ...
... stones ; but although great numbers carrying leaves were thus cut off from the nest , they would not cross the rails , but set to work making fresh tunnels underneath them . Apparently an order had gone forth , or a general ...
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