Recollections of Four Years in VenezuelaH.S. King & Company, 1876 - 303 páginas |
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... of rum and sugar , or when he believes that there will be a competitor for the land . We landed just opposite a very small tri- Water - Snakes . 31 butary stream , and walked 30 Recollections of Four Years in Venezuela .
... of rum and sugar , or when he believes that there will be a competitor for the land . We landed just opposite a very small tri- Water - Snakes . 31 butary stream , and walked 30 Recollections of Four Years in Venezuela .
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... stream , up which was the water - way to the house . It was a pretty stream ; its water of the colour of amber , owing to the vegetable deposits . It was full of fish , which we caught abundantly , with the aid of barbaco leaves , the ...
... stream , up which was the water - way to the house . It was a pretty stream ; its water of the colour of amber , owing to the vegetable deposits . It was full of fish , which we caught abundantly , with the aid of barbaco leaves , the ...
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... stream to Caruto , by putting a matting of the frond stems of timitchi palms across a stream when the tide is high , and at low tide mixing its waters with the bruised leaves of a highly narcotic plant called barbaco , which sends the ...
... stream to Caruto , by putting a matting of the frond stems of timitchi palms across a stream when the tide is high , and at low tide mixing its waters with the bruised leaves of a highly narcotic plant called barbaco , which sends the ...
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... stream . On the other bank was a hill which had the appearance of a neglected cultivation . We sat down and ate our breakfast , after which the revenue guard stretched himself out and began to sing one of the improvised songs peculiar ...
... stream . On the other bank was a hill which had the appearance of a neglected cultivation . We sat down and ate our breakfast , after which the revenue guard stretched himself out and began to sing one of the improvised songs peculiar ...
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... stream to mix with the large and murky river , reminded me of my own youth- ful , hopeful aspirations to mix with men in this great world ; and I sat half - pleased , half - sorrowful , musing on the effects of that same great world on ...
... stream to mix with the large and murky river , reminded me of my own youth- ful , hopeful aspirations to mix with men in this great world ; and I sat half - pleased , half - sorrowful , musing on the effects of that same great world on ...
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