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... flat plain , probably alluvial , about twenty acres in extent , mostly covered with grass , with a few scattered jicara trees . On the further end of this plain was a mud- walled , thatched hut , called " El Salto , " from a fall of the ...
... flat plain , probably alluvial , about twenty acres in extent , mostly covered with grass , with a few scattered jicara trees . On the further end of this plain was a mud- walled , thatched hut , called " El Salto , " from a fall of the ...
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Thomas Belt. showing all the gradations by which the flat constricted joints thicken out into stems . In some parts , as we travelled on , we found the oak trees and many of the pines completely draped with hanging festoons of the grey ...
Thomas Belt. showing all the gradations by which the flat constricted joints thicken out into stems . In some parts , as we travelled on , we found the oak trees and many of the pines completely draped with hanging festoons of the grey ...
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... flat - topped ranges covered with small trees and brushwood , amongst which were many clearings well fenced and planted with maize . Passing over an undulating country , the hills covered with oak forests , the lowlands well grassed ...
... flat - topped ranges covered with small trees and brushwood , amongst which were many clearings well fenced and planted with maize . Passing over an undulating country , the hills covered with oak forests , the lowlands well grassed ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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