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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rapids of Castillo , which are difficult to ascend , and as there is no road round
them excepting through the town of Castillo , advantage has been taken of the
situation to fix the custom - house there , where are collected the duties on all
articles ...
rapids of Castillo , which are difficult to ascend , and as there is no road round
them excepting through the town of Castillo , advantage has been taken of the
situation to fix the custom - house there , where are collected the duties on all
articles ...
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INDIA - RUBBER . pected to bring the rubber they obtain to the merchants who
have fitted them out , but very many prove faithless , and carry off their produce to
other towns , where they have no difficulty in finding purchasers . Notwithstanding
...
INDIA - RUBBER . pected to bring the rubber they obtain to the merchants who
have fitted them out , but very many prove faithless , and carry off their produce to
other towns , where they have no difficulty in finding purchasers . Notwithstanding
...
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The little town consists of a single rugged street leading up from the lake . The
houses are mostly palm - thatched huts , with the bare earth floors seldom or
never swept . The people are of mixed origin , Indian , Spanish , and Negro , the
Indian ...
The little town consists of a single rugged street leading up from the lake . The
houses are mostly palm - thatched huts , with the bare earth floors seldom or
never swept . The people are of mixed origin , Indian , Spanish , and Negro , the
Indian ...
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... and very tame . One of the smallest species alights and seeks about in the
streets of small towns for seeds , like a sparrow , and more boldly than that bird ,
for it is not molested by the children , more perhaps from indolence than from ...
... and very tame . One of the smallest species alights and seeks about in the
streets of small towns for seeds , like a sparrow , and more boldly than that bird ,
for it is not molested by the children , more perhaps from indolence than from ...
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About one o ' clock we reached rather a large river , and after crossing it came in
sight of the town of Acoyapo , one of the principal towns of the province of
Chontales . We stayed and had dinner with Señor Don Dolores Bermudez , a ...
About one o ' clock we reached rather a large river , and after crossing it came in
sight of the town of Acoyapo , one of the principal towns of the province of
Chontales . We stayed and had dinner with Señor Don Dolores Bermudez , a ...
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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 | E. Bumpus, 1888 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 26 nov. 2008 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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