Travels in Peru and Mexico, Volume 2Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860 - Chile |
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... soon as they entered the wood into which it retreats . But the impression which seems to have taken the deepest root in the minds of the people is , that the light which the animal is said to show proceeds from some precious jewel ; and ...
... soon as they entered the wood into which it retreats . But the impression which seems to have taken the deepest root in the minds of the people is , that the light which the animal is said to show proceeds from some precious jewel ; and ...
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... Soon afterwards we observed a church , which , from its style , seemed to indicate the presence of a respectable population in the vicinity ; and at the distance of nine leagues , we came to the hacienda of Señor José Rios de Garces ...
... Soon afterwards we observed a church , which , from its style , seemed to indicate the presence of a respectable population in the vicinity ; and at the distance of nine leagues , we came to the hacienda of Señor José Rios de Garces ...
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... letter from his friend whom I mentioned pass by unnoticed . So the mules were soon unloaded , and I was once more domiciled in an American hacienda for the night . marr WES on : be hat at le d It 18 TRAVELS IN PERU AND MEXICO .
... letter from his friend whom I mentioned pass by unnoticed . So the mules were soon unloaded , and I was once more domiciled in an American hacienda for the night . marr WES on : be hat at le d It 18 TRAVELS IN PERU AND MEXICO .
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... soon lost to our view . All our care now was to reach the next tambo , which became of the utmost importance , as the weak condition to which several of our mules were reduced was every hour more apparent . We were yet , indeed , more ...
... soon lost to our view . All our care now was to reach the next tambo , which became of the utmost importance , as the weak condition to which several of our mules were reduced was every hour more apparent . We were yet , indeed , more ...
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... soon entered the defiles by which the traveller gradually descends these mountains , and after passing through rude paths , where we rarely caught a glimpse of the country around , we arrived at a village a little more than a league ...
... soon entered the defiles by which the traveller gradually descends these mountains , and after passing through rude paths , where we rarely caught a glimpse of the country around , we arrived at a village a little more than a league ...
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