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... HILL - BEAUTIFUL PLAIN PRODUCE OF THE COUNTRY - EXCURSION INTO THE INTERIOR - AN EXTINCT CRATER - DE- CREASE OF POPULATION - PROCEEDINGS OF THE MISSIONARIES - PRESENTA- TION TO THE KING - THE KING VISITS THE AMPHITRITE ' - THE KING'S ...
... HILL - BEAUTIFUL PLAIN PRODUCE OF THE COUNTRY - EXCURSION INTO THE INTERIOR - AN EXTINCT CRATER - DE- CREASE OF POPULATION - PROCEEDINGS OF THE MISSIONARIES - PRESENTA- TION TO THE KING - THE KING VISITS THE AMPHITRITE ' - THE KING'S ...
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... hills , which rise with tolerable steepness from the beach . The quintas , or country houses , are scattered about , and are excessively pretty , being generally surrounded with gardens , in which all kinds of trees , both tropical and ...
... hills , which rise with tolerable steepness from the beach . The quintas , or country houses , are scattered about , and are excessively pretty , being generally surrounded with gardens , in which all kinds of trees , both tropical and ...
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... hill sides , and along the edge of steep precipices overhanging the sea . I had a narrow escape of my life on one of these steep zig - zags . At a turn of the path , my horse would not face 4 SAN VINCENTE . the hill , and when I B 2.
... hill sides , and along the edge of steep precipices overhanging the sea . I had a narrow escape of my life on one of these steep zig - zags . At a turn of the path , my horse would not face 4 SAN VINCENTE . the hill , and when I B 2.
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... hills with immense loads . The view from the western edge of the Corral is truly unrivalled . As its name signifies , it is a valley enclosed with mountains ( corral being , in Spanish or Portuguese , enclosure or fold , and some say ...
... hills with immense loads . The view from the western edge of the Corral is truly unrivalled . As its name signifies , it is a valley enclosed with mountains ( corral being , in Spanish or Portuguese , enclosure or fold , and some say ...
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... hills to the northward of the harbour , and the mist clearing away by de- grees , the white forts which guard the entrance , the houses of the town , the churches and convents on the hills , shone bravely forth . Several men - of - war ...
... hills to the northward of the harbour , and the mist clearing away by de- grees , the white forts which guard the entrance , the houses of the town , the churches and convents on the hills , shone bravely forth . Several men - of - war ...
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