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... seem hardly to exist . Wet weather makes things , as the reader may think , only
worse , and no wonder that many a poor wretch coming here with quite another
exwere pectation , looks in such a case down in those FIVE YEARS ' JOURNEY.
... seem hardly to exist . Wet weather makes things , as the reader may think , only
worse , and no wonder that many a poor wretch coming here with quite another
exwere pectation , looks in such a case down in those FIVE YEARS ' JOURNEY.
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Cattle and sheep , indeed , furnish the only produce for market , but what a
quantity of this the Pampas raise , the reader may imagine , from the Buenos
Ayres prices , namely , a fattened bullock of two years and a half , ten shillings ;
one three ...
Cattle and sheep , indeed , furnish the only produce for market , but what a
quantity of this the Pampas raise , the reader may imagine , from the Buenos
Ayres prices , namely , a fattened bullock of two years and a half , ten shillings ;
one three ...
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The maté is the most favourite drink in the Argentine republic , and perhaps the
reader may be well satisfied to hear a few words about it , if he has not to drink it .
Maté itself is principally raised in the Brazils and Paraguay , and is gathered from
...
The maté is the most favourite drink in the Argentine republic , and perhaps the
reader may be well satisfied to hear a few words about it , if he has not to drink it .
Maté itself is principally raised in the Brazils and Paraguay , and is gathered from
...
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Hold the bridle tight in your hand , dear reader , and look well for your path .
Badgers and owls have their holes here at every step , and if you do not help
your horse a little with your eyes , you may both kiss the ground . The correo is
already a ...
Hold the bridle tight in your hand , dear reader , and look well for your path .
Badgers and owls have their holes here at every step , and if you do not help
your horse a little with your eyes , you may both kiss the ground . The correo is
already a ...
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I ought to say a few words about the lasso , at least about the bolas , for I suspect
my English reader has heard the lasso described often enough . The bolas are
small stones from three to four inches in diameter , and each is sewn tightly up in
...
I ought to say a few words about the lasso , at least about the bolas , for I suspect
my English reader has heard the lasso described often enough . The bolas are
small stones from three to four inches in diameter , and each is sewn tightly up in
...
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| Название | Narrative of a Journey Round the World: Comprising a Winter-passage Across the Andes to Chili, with a Visit to the Gold Regions of California and Australia, the South Sea Islands, Java, &c, Том 1 Narrative of a Journey Round the World: Comprising a Winter-passage Across the Andes to Chili, with a Visit to the Gold Regions of California and Australia, the South Sea Islands, Java, &c, Friedrich Gerstäcker Narrative of a journey round the world (Том 1), Friedrich Wilhelm C. Gerstaecker |
| Автор | Friedrich Gerstäcker |
| Издатель | Hurst and Blackett, 1853 |
| Владелец оригинала: | Оксфордский университет |
| Оцифровано | 14 июн 2006 |
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