Recollections of Four Years in VenezuelaH.S. King & Company, 1876 - 303 páginas |
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... prices demanded at the diggings , and on the route , for all the necessaries of life . Six months of uncertainty as to the well - doing or existence of the young men passed away , when one night I heard a knocking , and the sound.
... prices demanded at the diggings , and on the route , for all the necessaries of life . Six months of uncertainty as to the well - doing or existence of the young men passed away , when one night I heard a knocking , and the sound.
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Charles Daniel Dance. one night I heard a knocking , and the sound of voices that made my heart leap . Descending , I opened the door , and my four friends entered in the following order : -two brothers , young Eng- lishmen , were ...
Charles Daniel Dance. one night I heard a knocking , and the sound of voices that made my heart leap . Descending , I opened the door , and my four friends entered in the following order : -two brothers , young Eng- lishmen , were ...
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... heard at a 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,
... heard at a 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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Charles Daniel Dance. long whips is heard - these have handles of deer- feet generally , and the thongs are about five or six yards long . While you listen , the voices of the chief Llaneros , joined occasionally in chorus by their ...
Charles Daniel Dance. long whips is heard - these have handles of deer- feet generally , and the thongs are about five or six yards long . While you listen , the voices of the chief Llaneros , joined occasionally in chorus by their ...
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... I passed unscathed within a yard of a yellowtailed labbaria once . He had probably heard my footsteps , and the better to watch me , reared himself upright to the extent , perhaps , of half his length . As my attention.
... I passed unscathed within a yard of a yellowtailed labbaria once . He had probably heard my footsteps , and the better to watch me , reared himself upright to the extent , perhaps , of half his length . As my attention.
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