Recollections of Four Years in VenezuelaH.S. King & Company, 1876 - 303 стор. |
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... corn , cassavae bread , cotton , clothing and hardware . And withal , I have seen scores of chinchoras ( hammocks ) , swinging with their inmates , who were singing their improvised songs to the thrumming of bandolas , or chaffing ...
... corn , cassavae bread , cotton , clothing and hardware . And withal , I have seen scores of chinchoras ( hammocks ) , swinging with their inmates , who were singing their improvised songs to the thrumming of bandolas , or chaffing ...
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... bread and corn bread called arepa . Before dinner I volunteer a grace in simple Spanish words , to which all respond , and the host looks pleased and thankful . He tells me that he CHAPTER III . CANA CARUTO . I WENT up with.
... bread and corn bread called arepa . Before dinner I volunteer a grace in simple Spanish words , to which all respond , and the host looks pleased and thankful . He tells me that he CHAPTER III . CANA CARUTO . I WENT up with.
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... corn and pump- kins , and plantain suckers in the area around the house . Their term of service then expiring , they desired to return to their homes , promising to come back whenever I desired to have the field cut and planted . So ...
... corn and pump- kins , and plantain suckers in the area around the house . Their term of service then expiring , they desired to return to their homes , promising to come back whenever I desired to have the field cut and planted . So ...
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... corn . government It was , I believe , to one of the smuggling ex- peditions that M. Edmond as captain was recalled , when we so suddenly returned from our voyage to Buen Pastor . CHAPTER VII . ON THE GUARAPICHE . THE time of 60 ...
... corn . government It was , I believe , to one of the smuggling ex- peditions that M. Edmond as captain was recalled , when we so suddenly returned from our voyage to Buen Pastor . CHAPTER VII . ON THE GUARAPICHE . THE time of 60 ...
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... corn ; I de- termined to go in quest of Christobal and Do- mingo , who had promised to return , and to bring other labourers with them , and had taken a con- siderable advance in cutlasses , guns , powder , and shot , knives and ...
... corn ; I de- termined to go in quest of Christobal and Do- mingo , who had promised to return , and to bring other labourers with them , and had taken a con- siderable advance in cutlasses , guns , powder , and shot , knives and ...
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