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... Greytown , Pernambuco , and Maceio - Wild fruits - Plants - Parrots , toucans , and tanagers -Butterflies and beetles - Mimetic forms - Alligators - Boy drowned at Blewfields by an alligator - Their method of catching wild pigs . Ar ...
... Greytown , Pernambuco , and Maceio - Wild fruits - Plants - Parrots , toucans , and tanagers -Butterflies and beetles - Mimetic forms - Alligators - Boy drowned at Blewfields by an alligator - Their method of catching wild pigs . Ar ...
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... Greytown . His beautiful house and grounds , with a fine avenue of coco - nut trees in full bear- ing , form one of the most attractive sights in Greytown . I found Mr. Paton , the vice - consul , equally obliging , and I am indebted to ...
... Greytown . His beautiful house and grounds , with a fine avenue of coco - nut trees in full bear- ing , form one of the most attractive sights in Greytown . I found Mr. Paton , the vice - consul , equally obliging , and I am indebted to ...
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... Greytown , with its neat white houses , and feathery palms , and large - leaved bread - fruit trees , was soon shut out from our view , and our boatmen plying their paddles with the greatest dexterity and force , made the canoe shoot ...
... Greytown , with its neat white houses , and feathery palms , and large - leaved bread - fruit trees , was soon shut out from our view , and our boatmen plying their paddles with the greatest dexterity and force , made the canoe shoot ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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