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... sides of the ship , or of the houses and cottages built on piles , for fear of inundation ; or of the islands surrounded by a labyrinth of narrow canals , and of flourishing plantations of peach - trees , orange - trees , and seibi that ...
... sides of the ship , or of the houses and cottages built on piles , for fear of inundation ; or of the islands surrounded by a labyrinth of narrow canals , and of flourishing plantations of peach - trees , orange - trees , and seibi that ...
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... sides and form harbours to be cities in the future . These two rivers are navigable almost all the year by vessels of heavy tonnage . On its territory , bordering on Paraguay , Brazil , Banda Oriental and Entrerios , yerba - mate , the ...
... sides and form harbours to be cities in the future . These two rivers are navigable almost all the year by vessels of heavy tonnage . On its territory , bordering on Paraguay , Brazil , Banda Oriental and Entrerios , yerba - mate , the ...
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... sides so soon as he appears . The light and the clamour come from a shed , on which the following words are inscribed in capital letters : Baile , almacen , restaurant de la marina , ala de billar y café ; and they invite the public ...
... sides so soon as he appears . The light and the clamour come from a shed , on which the following words are inscribed in capital letters : Baile , almacen , restaurant de la marina , ala de billar y café ; and they invite the public ...
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... side of the river , and would not approach nearer . To return to the Guaicurù : they must have been a parzialità , a as they say here , of the same family as the Tobas , with whom they share a common language , and perhaps they gave the ...
... side of the river , and would not approach nearer . To return to the Guaicurù : they must have been a parzialità , a as they say here , of the same family as the Tobas , with whom they share a common language , and perhaps they gave the ...
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... side of the bends in the river . They offered us skins and feathers , and when we stopped in som safe place , they even ventured on the boat , as if wanting to take possession of it . But there were only a few of them . Amongst them was ...
... side of the bends in the river . They offered us skins and feathers , and when we stopped in som safe place , they even ventured on the boat , as if wanting to take possession of it . But there were only a few of them . Amongst them was ...
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