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 38
... told by several who had seen her that she did not differ in any way from the usual Indian type . The Guatuse ( pronounced Watúsa ) is an animal about the size of a hare , very common in Central America , and good eating . It has reddish ...
... told by several who had seen her that she did not differ in any way from the usual Indian type . The Guatuse ( pronounced Watúsa ) is an animal about the size of a hare , very common in Central America , and good eating . It has reddish ...
Page 40
... told of one commandante at San Carlos who had manned some canoes and procceded up the river as far as the plantain grounds of the Indians , loaded his boats with the plantains , and brought them down to San Carlos , where the people ...
... told of one commandante at San Carlos who had manned some canoes and procceded up the river as far as the plantain grounds of the Indians , loaded his boats with the plantains , and brought them down to San Carlos , where the people ...
Page 45
... told me — and the story is likely enough to be true— that the alligators , floating about like logs , with their eyes above the water , watch these birds , and , moving quietly up until within a few yards of them , sink down below the ...
... told me — and the story is likely enough to be true— that the alligators , floating about like logs , with their eyes above the water , watch these birds , and , moving quietly up until within a few yards of them , sink down below the ...
Page 52
... told of the great statues that are said to have been seen on the banks of the Mico , much lower down the river than where we crossed it ; but M. Etienne , of Libertad , who descended it to Blewfields , and some Ulleros of San Ch . IV ...
... told of the great statues that are said to have been seen on the banks of the Mico , much lower down the river than where we crossed it ; but M. Etienne , of Libertad , who descended it to Blewfields , and some Ulleros of San Ch . IV ...
Page 71
... destroyed by them . Again and again have I been told in Nicaragua , when inquiring why no fruit - trees were grown at particular places , " It is no use planting them ; the ants eat them up . " The first acquaintance.
... destroyed by them . Again and again have I been told in Nicaragua , when inquiring why no fruit - trees were grown at particular places , " It is no use planting them ; the ants eat them up . " The first acquaintance.
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