Travels in Peru and Mexico, Volume 2Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860 - Chile |
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... seen by the ruins of towns and villages which still remain . But at the present day there are but few settlers upon its borders , and these generally dwell in huts made of the same sort of rushes as those of which they construct their ...
... seen by the ruins of towns and villages which still remain . But at the present day there are but few settlers upon its borders , and these generally dwell in huts made of the same sort of rushes as those of which they construct their ...
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... seen in a stronger light than has been hitherto mentioned , and which it is difficult to attribute to precisely the same OTA and causes which have been supposed to produce their general gloominess 10 TRAVELS IN PERU AND MEXICO . 10.
... seen in a stronger light than has been hitherto mentioned , and which it is difficult to attribute to precisely the same OTA and causes which have been supposed to produce their general gloominess 10 TRAVELS IN PERU AND MEXICO . 10.
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S. S. Hill. is that monster , which is so rarely if ever seen , I have at least seen a fish of the form of a serpent about twenty feet in length . This creature was swimming about eight or ten feet below the surface of the water , for an ...
S. S. Hill. is that monster , which is so rarely if ever seen , I have at least seen a fish of the form of a serpent about twenty feet in length . This creature was swimming about eight or ten feet below the surface of the water , for an ...
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... cordillera was remarkable . The water of the lakes was without a ripple . There was no fowl to be seen upon its surface , and the very ground seemed shorn of every trace of vegetation ; while several с 3 JOURNEY FROM PUNO TO AREQUIPA . 21.
... cordillera was remarkable . The water of the lakes was without a ripple . There was no fowl to be seen upon its surface , and the very ground seemed shorn of every trace of vegetation ; while several с 3 JOURNEY FROM PUNO TO AREQUIPA . 21.
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... seen here and there mingling with the light clouds they had attracted , and as often catching the rays of the declining sun . This scene was such as to leave the traveller in doubt whether he were really looking upon any portion of the ...
... seen here and there mingling with the light clouds they had attracted , and as often catching the rays of the declining sun . This scene was such as to leave the traveller in doubt whether he were really looking upon any portion of the ...
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