Recollections of Four Years in VenezuelaH.S. King & Company, 1876 - 303 páginas |
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... bread , cotton , 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 ...
... bread , cotton , 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 ...
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... bread and corn bread called arepa . Before dinner I volunteer a grace in simple Spanish words , to which all respond , and the host looks pleased and thankful . He tells me that he knows I am heretico , but believes that I am.
... bread and corn bread called arepa . Before dinner I volunteer a grace in simple Spanish words , to which all respond , and the host looks pleased and thankful . He tells me that he knows I am heretico , but believes that I am.
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... bread in the village of Caña Colorado . A cuenta of cassavae bread contains forty circu- lar cakes of about 20 inches diameter , and is sold for eighty cents . These are brought from the cornucas , or farms , in the neighbourhood of ...
... bread in the village of Caña Colorado . A cuenta of cassavae bread contains forty circu- lar cakes of about 20 inches diameter , and is sold for eighty cents . These are brought from the cornucas , or farms , in the neighbourhood of ...
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... bread , and , at the sugges- tion of Christobal , I got two arrobas of tasajo , of 25 lbs . each , and a little demijean of white rum ( ron blanco ) . We slept two nights in the village , and , starting early on the following morning ...
... bread , and , at the sugges- tion of Christobal , I got two arrobas of tasajo , of 25 lbs . each , and a little demijean of white rum ( ron blanco ) . We slept two nights in the village , and , starting early on the following morning ...
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... at the rancheria , we slung our ham- mocks , cooked our tasajo , and , with dry cassavae bread and hunger , made a comfortable meal . A French Traveller . 45 Some good logs of firewood 44 Recollections of Four Years in Venezuela .
... at the rancheria , we slung our ham- mocks , cooked our tasajo , and , with dry cassavae bread and hunger , made a comfortable meal . A French Traveller . 45 Some good logs of firewood 44 Recollections of Four Years in Venezuela .
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