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 43
... dark forests . The lake is too large to be called beautiful , and its vast extent and the mere glimpses of its limits and cloud- capped peaks appeal to the imagination rather than to the eye . At this end of the lake the water is ...
... dark forests . The lake is too large to be called beautiful , and its vast extent and the mere glimpses of its limits and cloud- capped peaks appeal to the imagination rather than to the eye . At this end of the lake the water is ...
Page 44
... 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 . One of the islands was а ...
... 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 . One of the islands was а ...
Page 45
... 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 ...
... 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
... dark dim mountains of Costa Rica , amongst which dwell the Indians of the Rio Frio and other little - known tribes . Before us were spread out well - grassed savannahs , thickly timbered , excepting where dark winding lines of trees or ...
... dark dim mountains of Costa Rica , amongst which dwell the Indians of the Rio Frio and other little - known tribes . Before us were spread out well - grassed savannahs , thickly timbered , excepting where dark winding lines of trees or ...
Page 107
... dark muddy stream , through the village of Santo Domingo , and just below it precipitates itself one hundred and twenty feet over a rocky fall . One of the forest roads leads down its banks for several miles to some small clearings ...
... dark muddy stream , through the village of Santo Domingo , and just below it precipitates itself one hundred and twenty feet over a rocky fall . One of the forest roads leads down its banks for several miles to some small clearings ...
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