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 41
... of the American Transit Company. It was too dark when we arrived at San
Carlos to see anything that night of the great lake, but we heard the waves
breaking on the beach like a sea-shore, and from further away came that
moaning sound.
... of the American Transit Company. It was too dark when we arrived at San
Carlos to see anything that night of the great lake, but we heard the waves
breaking on the beach like a sea-shore, and from further away came that
moaning sound.
Page 43
To the left, in the dim distance, were the cloudcapped mountains of Costa Rica; to
the right, nearer at hand, low hills and ranges covered with dark forests. The lake
is too large to be called beautiful, and its vast extent and the mere glimpses of ...
To the left, in the dim distance, were the cloudcapped mountains of Costa Rica; to
the right, nearer at hand, low hills and ranges covered with dark forests. The lake
is too large to be called beautiful, and its vast extent and the mere glimpses of ...
Page 44
The breeze continued all the afternoon, and at dark we were off the islands of
Nancital, having been all day within a few miles of the north-eastern side of the
lake, the banks of which are everywhere clothed with dark gloomy-looking forests
.
The breeze continued all the afternoon, and at dark we were off the islands of
Nancital, having been all day within a few miles of the north-eastern side of the
lake, the banks of which are everywhere clothed with dark gloomy-looking forests
.
Page 45
After dark the wind failed us again, and we got slowly along, but finally reached
our port, San Ubaldo, about ten o'clock, and found there an officer of the mining
company, living in a small thatched hut, stationed there to send on the ...
After dark the wind failed us again, and we got slowly along, but finally reached
our port, San Ubaldo, about ten o'clock, and found there an officer of the mining
company, living in a small thatched hut, stationed there to send on the ...
Page 51
51 summit of which we had a splendid view: behind, over the plains and
Savannahs we had crossed, to the great lake, with its islands and peaked hills;
and beyond the dark dim mountains of Costa Rica, amongst which dwell the
Indians of the ...
51 summit of which we had a splendid view: behind, over the plains and
Savannahs we had crossed, to the great lake, with its islands and peaked hills;
and beyond the dark dim mountains of Costa Rica, amongst which dwell the
Indians of the ...
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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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