Narrative of a journey round the world, Том 1Hurst & Blackett, 1853 |
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... feet of a young horse , not unfrequently killed expressly for this very pur- pose . From this bota , as it is named , the hair is cut off , and the two first toes stick out at the end , and just fit the small stirrups used here in ...
... feet of a young horse , not unfrequently killed expressly for this very pur- pose . From this bota , as it is named , the hair is cut off , and the two first toes stick out at the end , and just fit the small stirrups used here in ...
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... feet . They also make most excellent fences , even better than the cactus , for no horse or cow , or even pig , will venture to crawl between them , so closely do the sharp leaves grow ; and once in growth , they need no more attention ...
... feet . They also make most excellent fences , even better than the cactus , for no horse or cow , or even pig , will venture to crawl between them , so closely do the sharp leaves grow ; and once in growth , they need no more attention ...
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... feet high . Every morning , guacho boys come early to town on horseback , with two tin cans full of milk , but having one naked leg hanging down from the sheep - skin saddle , and the other foot drawn up under their seat . There are ...
... feet high . Every morning , guacho boys come early to town on horseback , with two tin cans full of milk , but having one naked leg hanging down from the sheep - skin saddle , and the other foot drawn up under their seat . There are ...
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... feet , but when old it becomes withered , and loses both root and branches . This is , after all , a very wise arrange- ment , for the wide - spreading branches of the wet and spongy wood , could never be able to support them- selves ...
... feet , but when old it becomes withered , and loses both root and branches . This is , after all , a very wise arrange- ment , for the wide - spreading branches of the wet and spongy wood , could never be able to support them- selves ...
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... feet of a horse , which 1 dard red as his other garments , show- why he had been that morning at his The lasso was fastened on the back of to what would a guacho be without a d in galloping along , the out - flying Jcwmmetimes afforded ...
... feet of a horse , which 1 dard red as his other garments , show- why he had been that morning at his The lasso was fastened on the back of to what would a guacho be without a d in galloping along , the out - flying Jcwmmetimes afforded ...
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