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 Forms |
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Page 52
Their burial-places, marked with great heaps of 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 ...
Their burial-places, marked with great heaps of 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 ...
Page 55
In Central America the 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 ...
In Central America the 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 ...
Page 56
The grain is first of all boiled along with wood ashes or a little lime: the alkali
loosens the outer skin of the grain, and this is rubbed off with the hands in
running water, a little of it at a time, placed upon a slightly concave stone, called a
metlate, ...
The grain is first of all boiled along with wood ashes or a little lime: the alkali
loosens the outer skin of the grain, and this is rubbed off with the hands in
running water, a little of it at a time, placed upon a slightly concave stone, called a
metlate, ...
Page 58
... of which one seeks around in vain, for the flowers that cause it are far overhead
out of sight, lost in the great overshadowing crown of verdure. Numerous
babbling brooks intersect the forest, with moss-covered stones and fern-clad
nooks.
... of which one seeks around in vain, for the flowers that cause it are far overhead
out of sight, lost in the great overshadowing crown of verdure. Numerous
babbling brooks intersect the forest, with moss-covered stones and fern-clad
nooks.
Page 83
One day, when the waggons were not running, I stopped up the tunnels with
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 ...
One day, when the waggons were not running, I stopped up the tunnels with
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 ...
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| Title | 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 Forms |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1874 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 okt. 2017 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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