Recollections of Four Years in VenezuelaH.S. King & Company, 1876 - 303 páginas |
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... clothing for work , and had a dozen small bags made , to secure the gold when I got it . About a week before our intended departure , however , I met with an old friend , M. de Mon- trechard , who had had considerable experience in ...
... clothing for work , and had a dozen small bags made , to secure the gold when I got it . About a week before our intended departure , however , I met with an old friend , M. de Mon- trechard , who had had considerable experience in ...
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... clothing and hardware . And withal , I have seen scores of chinchoras ( hammocks ) , swinging with their inmates , who were singing their improvised songs to the thrumming of bandolas , or chaffing , laughing , and conversing . And ...
... clothing and hardware . And withal , I have seen scores of chinchoras ( hammocks ) , swinging with their inmates , who were singing their improvised songs to the thrumming of bandolas , or chaffing , laughing , and conversing . And ...
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... cloth , on which rough pottery dishes and plates are placed . The food consists of thinly sliced salted beef , called tasajo , and fresh beef from the carcase of a gored ox . Fresh beef is a rarity here . When an ox is gored or too ...
... cloth , on which rough pottery dishes and plates are placed . The food consists of thinly sliced salted beef , called tasajo , and fresh beef from the carcase of a gored ox . Fresh beef is a rarity here . When an ox is gored or too ...
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... clothes . Then , that she might have the credit of exercising patience , I suppose , she continued her conversa- tion , and she was a good talker . But the rain not ceasing , after what she considered a reason- able time for her prayer ...
... clothes . Then , that she might have the credit of exercising patience , I suppose , she continued her conversa- tion , and she was a good talker . But the rain not ceasing , after what she considered a reason- able time for her prayer ...
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... clothing whatever , excepting the slip of loin - cloth worn by the Indians . He was a man of about forty years of age , tall and erect . feet seemed so delicate , and were so well formed , that one could hardly reconcile their ...
... clothing whatever , excepting the slip of loin - cloth worn by the Indians . He was a man of about forty years of age , tall and erect . feet seemed so delicate , and were so well formed , that one could hardly reconcile their ...
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