Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and YucatanHarper & Brothers, 1856 |
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... Situa . tion . - The Descent . - Rancho of Nopa . - Attacks of Moschetoes . - Approach to Palenque . - Pasture Grounds . - Village of Palenque . - A crusty Official . - A courteous Reception . - Scarcity of Provisions . - Sunday.
... Situa . tion . - The Descent . - Rancho of Nopa . - Attacks of Moschetoes . - Approach to Palenque . - Pasture Grounds . - Village of Palenque . - A crusty Official . - A courteous Reception . - Scarcity of Provisions . - Sunday.
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... ground was rough and uneven , being covered with decomposed lava . We as- cended on horseback until it became too steep for the horses to carry us , and then dismounted , tied them to a bush , and continued on foot . I was already ...
... ground was rough and uneven , being covered with decomposed lava . We as- cended on horseback until it became too steep for the horses to carry us , and then dismounted , tied them to a bush , and continued on foot . I was already ...
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... ground was black and loamy , like mud drying up . This was perhaps the mouth of the mysterious well that sent up the flame , which gave its light a " consider- able distance , " into which the Indian maidens were thrown , and which ...
... ground was black and loamy , like mud drying up . This was perhaps the mouth of the mysterious well that sent up the flame , which gave its light a " consider- able distance , " into which the Indian maidens were thrown , and which ...
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... ground ; yet he stopped me short of the only object of interest , ignorant , as he said , of its existence . Now either the alcalde lied , and was too lazy to encounter the toil which I had undergone , or he was imposing upon me . In ei ...
... ground ; yet he stopped me short of the only object of interest , ignorant , as he said , of its existence . Now either the alcalde lied , and was too lazy to encounter the toil which I had undergone , or he was imposing upon me . In ei ...
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... ground is perfectly level , and the port is perhaps the best in Spanish America ; but the distance is sixty miles , and there are other difficulties which it seems to me are insuperable . The River Tipitapa has been rep- resented as ...
... ground is perfectly level , and the port is perhaps the best in Spanish America ; but the distance is sixty miles , and there are other difficulties which it seems to me are insuperable . The River Tipitapa has been rep- resented as ...
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