Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, Volym 2Harper & Brothers, 1841 - 4 sidor |
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... distance from the city we met a little negro on horseback , dressed in the black suit that nature made him , with two large plantain leaves sewed together for a hat , and plantain leaves for a saddle . At the distance of two leagues we ...
... distance from the city we met a little negro on horseback , dressed in the black suit that nature made him , with two large plantain leaves sewed together for a hat , and plantain leaves for a saddle . At the distance of two leagues we ...
Sida 8
... distance of half a mile . came to the brink of a precipice , more than a hundred feet high , at the foot of which , and a short distance be- yond , was the Lake of Masaya . The descent was al- most perpendicular , in one place by a ...
... distance of half a mile . came to the brink of a precipice , more than a hundred feet high , at the foot of which , and a short distance be- yond , was the Lake of Masaya . The descent was al- most perpendicular , in one place by a ...
Sida 9
... distance of half a league we left the main road , and turned off on a small path in the woods on the left . We emerged from this into an open field covered with lava , extending to the base of the volcano in front and on each side as ...
... distance of half a league we left the main road , and turned off on a small path in the woods on the left . We emerged from this into an open field covered with lava , extending to the base of the volcano in front and on each side as ...
Sida 11
... distance from which to the Fire is about a hundred and fifty Fathoms , always boiling up , and that mass of Fire often rises and gives a great Light , so that it can be seen at a considerable Distance . It moves from one Side to the ...
... distance from which to the Fire is about a hundred and fifty Fathoms , always boiling up , and that mass of Fire often rises and gives a great Light , so that it can be seen at a considerable Distance . It moves from one Side to the ...
Sida 12
... distance , " into which the Indian maidens were thrown , and which melted the monk's iron bucket . Like him , I felt curious to " know what was below ; " but the sides of the crater were perpendicular . Entirely alone , and with an ...
... distance , " into which the Indian maidens were thrown , and which melted the monk's iron bucket . Like him , I felt curious to " know what was below ; " but the sides of the crater were perpendicular . Entirely alone , and with an ...
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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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