Travels in Peru and Mexico, Volume 2Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860 - Chile |
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... Spanish Town .. managed by coloured Men --- - • Railway Page 147 CHAPTER XXXII . SPANISH TOWN . Government of Ja- Character of the British Colonial Governments . maica . - Laws . - Courts . - Position of Spanish Town . - Population ...
... Spanish Town .. managed by coloured Men --- - • Railway Page 147 CHAPTER XXXII . SPANISH TOWN . Government of Ja- Character of the British Colonial Governments . maica . - Laws . - Courts . - Position of Spanish Town . - Population ...
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... Spanish Viceroys . - Extent of the Ancient Gardens . - Remarkable Trees . - A small Lake.- View from the Hill . 245 CHAPTER XXXIX . THE SILVER MINES OF REAL DEL MONTE . - Level Road . - Cultivated Country . - Arrival at Puchaca . Road ...
... Spanish Viceroys . - Extent of the Ancient Gardens . - Remarkable Trees . - A small Lake.- View from the Hill . 245 CHAPTER XXXIX . THE SILVER MINES OF REAL DEL MONTE . - Level Road . - Cultivated Country . - Arrival at Puchaca . Road ...
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... Spanish authorities of the earlier times , that we are compelled to attribute it to the sufferings which the race have for three centuries endured , rather than to their natural temperament or disposition . It is said by those who are ...
... Spanish authorities of the earlier times , that we are compelled to attribute it to the sufferings which the race have for three centuries endured , rather than to their natural temperament or disposition . It is said by those who are ...
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... Spanish mis- sionaries . What struck me most concerning them was , their lively and open dispositions , which shows to advantage , put in comparison with the reserve of the natives of this part of Peru . They have for a long time ...
... Spanish mis- sionaries . What struck me most concerning them was , their lively and open dispositions , which shows to advantage , put in comparison with the reserve of the natives of this part of Peru . They have for a long time ...
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... Spanish settlers had so much faith in the existence and character of this animal , " Which like the toad , ugly and venomous , Wears yet this precious jewel in his head , ” . that the earlier viceroys were accustomed to instruct the ...
... Spanish settlers had so much faith in the existence and character of this animal , " Which like the toad , ugly and venomous , Wears yet this precious jewel in his head , ” . that the earlier viceroys were accustomed to instruct the ...
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