Recollections of Four Years in VenezuelaH.S. King & Company, 1876 - 303 páginas |
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... Five full - page Engravings and Thirty - one smaller Illustrations by Whymper and others , and Map of the Country , showing Routes . Second Edition . Revised and Corrected . 8vo . 21S . These notes of a journey were impressions caught ...
... Five full - page Engravings and Thirty - one smaller Illustrations by Whymper and others , and Map of the Country , showing Routes . Second Edition . Revised and Corrected . 8vo . 21S . These notes of a journey were impressions caught ...
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... distance , occasioned by the tramping of the oxen , which are , perhaps , arriving after a three to five days ' journey ; then the cracking sound of the long whips is heard - these have handles of deer- CHAPTER II LA CEIBA,
... distance , occasioned by the tramping of the oxen , which are , perhaps , arriving after a three to five days ' journey ; then the cracking sound of the long whips is heard - these have handles of deer- CHAPTER II LA CEIBA,
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... five or six yards long . While you listen , the voices of the chief Llaneros , joined occasionally in chorus by their companions , resound in the forest - the dis- tance and the woods lending an additional charm to the really pleasant ...
... five or six yards long . While you listen , the voices of the chief Llaneros , joined occasionally in chorus by their companions , resound in the forest - the dis- tance and the woods lending an additional charm to the really pleasant ...
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... five minutes from two pieces cut out of a raw hide ; and the owner of substantial wealth in cattle and cultivated land , making his appearance in cheap uncouth shirt and short trousers , barefooted and barelegged ; and for a hat , a ...
... five minutes from two pieces cut out of a raw hide ; and the owner of substantial wealth in cattle and cultivated land , making his appearance in cheap uncouth shirt and short trousers , barefooted and barelegged ; and for a hat , a ...
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... five tones decreasing in loudness and like the echoes of the first . But these were ramping and roaring tigers , maddened with wild passion , and ready for any kind and any amount of mischief . I confess I was dreadfully afraid ...
... five tones decreasing in loudness and like the echoes of the first . But these were ramping and roaring tigers , maddened with wild passion , and ready for any kind and any amount of mischief . I confess I was dreadfully afraid ...
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