Narrative of a journey round the world, Том 1Hurst & Blackett, 1853 |
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... land with an iron hand : when he overthrew his enemies , and gained the ascendancy , blood had run in perfect streams ; but it wanted such a man as Rosas to keep this unruly population , always ready to use the deadly knife , in peace ...
... land with an iron hand : when he overthrew his enemies , and gained the ascendancy , blood had run in perfect streams ; but it wanted such a man as Rosas to keep this unruly population , always ready to use the deadly knife , in peace ...
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... land is never found- most excellent , producing even with very little culture , first rate crops . The export produce consists as yet only of hides , dried beef , tallow , wool , & c . Cattle and sheep , indeed , furnish the only ...
... land is never found- most excellent , producing even with very little culture , first rate crops . The export produce consists as yet only of hides , dried beef , tallow , wool , & c . Cattle and sheep , indeed , furnish the only ...
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... being dearer than the whole sheep . Hogs are the dearest animals in the country , and a good hog brings from one to two pounds . The price of land has risen during the last ten years , but it is yet so cheap as not 52 FIVE YEARS ' JOURNEY.
... being dearer than the whole sheep . Hogs are the dearest animals in the country , and a good hog brings from one to two pounds . The price of land has risen during the last ten years , but it is yet so cheap as not 52 FIVE YEARS ' JOURNEY.
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... Land is mea- sured by varas - a vara being something less than a yard - and government sells it in sections of one legua and a half , ( a legua being six thousand varas ) , and each vara costs from four to seven shillings . But the ...
... Land is mea- sured by varas - a vara being something less than a yard - and government sells it in sections of one legua and a half , ( a legua being six thousand varas ) , and each vara costs from four to seven shillings . But the ...
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... land , and numerous herds , scattered over the green turf , formed altogether a scene of extraordinary in- terest . But the correo had no eye for the scenery , and my sprightly horse required no little attention ; so away we galloped ...
... land , and numerous herds , scattered over the green turf , formed altogether a scene of extraordinary in- terest . But the correo had no eye for the scenery , and my sprightly horse required no little attention ; so away we galloped ...
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