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Page 156
... Velasquez arrived at dusk , having ridden from Libertad that day . About a dozen of us slung our hammocks in the small travellers ' room , where , when we had all gone to rest , we looked like a cluster of great bats hanging from the ...
... Velasquez arrived at dusk , having ridden from Libertad that day . About a dozen of us slung our hammocks in the small travellers ' room , where , when we had all gone to rest , we looked like a cluster of great bats hanging from the ...
Page 165
... Velasquez had , however , no apprehensions on that score , as he knew that throughout the central departments of Nicaragua it is the custom for travellers to expect and to receive a welcome at any house they may arrive at by nightfall ...
... Velasquez had , however , no apprehensions on that score , as he knew that throughout the central departments of Nicaragua it is the custom for travellers to expect and to receive a welcome at any house they may arrive at by nightfall ...
Page 248
... Velasquez expected to find in the owner an old acquaintance of his , and we had intended staying with him for the night , as our mules were tired out ; but on riding up to the house we found it untenanted , the doors thrown down , and ...
... Velasquez expected to find in the owner an old acquaintance of his , and we had intended staying with him for the night , as our mules were tired out ; but on riding up to the house we found it untenanted , the doors thrown down , and ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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