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... covered with profuse perspiration . This was a great part of the daily labour of the women of the place , and in this way they procured enough for domes- tic use ; but every horse , mule , or cow was obliged to go by a circuitous road ...
... covered with profuse perspiration . This was a great part of the daily labour of the women of the place , and in this way they procured enough for domes- tic use ; but every horse , mule , or cow was obliged to go by a circuitous road ...
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... covered with lava , extending to the base of the volcano in front and on each side as far as I could see , black , several feet deep , and in some places lying in high ridges . A faint track was beaten by cattle over this plain of lava ...
... covered with lava , extending to the base of the volcano in front and on each side as far as I could see , black , several feet deep , and in some places lying in high ridges . A faint track was beaten by cattle over this plain of lava ...
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... covered with gigantic mass- es of lava , and overgrown with bushes and scrub trees . I waited till my guides came up , who told me that this was the Volcano of Masaya , and that there was nothing more to see . The alcalde insisted that ...
... covered with gigantic mass- es of lava , and overgrown with bushes and scrub trees . I waited till my guides came up , who told me that this was the Volcano of Masaya , and that there was nothing more to see . The alcalde insisted that ...
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... covered with grass , and it seemed an immense conical green basin . There were none of the fearful marks of a volcanic eruption ; nothing to terrify , or suggest an idea of el in- fierno ; but , on the contrary , it was a scene of ...
... covered with grass , and it seemed an immense conical green basin . There were none of the fearful marks of a volcanic eruption ; nothing to terrify , or suggest an idea of el in- fierno ; but , on the contrary , it was a scene of ...
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... covered with dust . Making the most of my moderate wardrobe , on my reappearance I was more favourably received . least I had a capital breakfast ; and as it was very hot , and I wanted to rest , I remained in doors and played with the ...
... covered with dust . Making the most of my moderate wardrobe , on my reappearance I was more favourably received . least I had a capital breakfast ; and as it was very hot , and I wanted to rest , I remained in doors and played with the ...
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Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, Volym 2 John L. Stephens Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1841 |
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