Recollections of Four Years in VenezuelaH.S. King & Company, 1876 - 303 páginas |
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... Trinidad and prepared for the voyage . It was in Gerilleau's own sloop that we took passage . On board I found an American named Hills , who was introduced to me as Gerilleau's partner in the bullet - tree woodcutting trade . He.
... Trinidad and prepared for the voyage . It was in Gerilleau's own sloop that we took passage . On board I found an American named Hills , who was introduced to me as Gerilleau's partner in the bullet - tree woodcutting trade . He.
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Charles Daniel Dance. partner in the bullet - tree woodcutting trade . He was a young man of powerful build , as merry hearted as a child ; and yet a man of strong pas- sions and determination , and not at all guided by any principles of ...
Charles Daniel Dance. partner in the bullet - tree woodcutting trade . He was a young man of powerful build , as merry hearted as a child ; and yet a man of strong pas- sions and determination , and not at all guided by any principles of ...
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Charles Daniel Dance. CHAPTER II . LA CEIBA . LA CEIBA ( silk cotton tree ) is the property of an American merchant , residing in the city of Ma- turin , which is distant three days ' journey up the river , or one day's journey by land ...
Charles Daniel Dance. CHAPTER II . LA CEIBA . LA CEIBA ( silk cotton tree ) is the property of an American merchant , residing in the city of Ma- turin , which is distant three days ' journey up the river , or one day's journey by land ...
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... trees on the banks . Some would lie lengthwise on a branch ; others hanged down both ends with a double twist of the mid - body around the branch ; others coiled up on a forked branch ; any one of them liable to drop into our corial . I ...
... trees on the banks . Some would lie lengthwise on a branch ; others hanged down both ends with a double twist of the mid - body around the branch ; others coiled up on a forked branch ; any one of them liable to drop into our corial . I ...
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... tree . It very soon drew its head out with a sharp cry . In a few minutes its head was swollen . Remedies were applied , but for a day or two it was blind . It recovered in about a week with the loss of an eye . The snake , which was a ...
... tree . It very soon drew its head out with a sharp cry . In a few minutes its head was swollen . Remedies were applied , but for a day or two it was blind . It recovered in about a week with the loss of an eye . The snake , which was a ...
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