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Page 137
... excepting when they come up with a dash to the surface for a bubble of fresh air . Owls and night - jars make strange unearthly cries . The timid deer comes out of its close covert to feed in the grassy clearings . Jaguars , ocelots ...
... excepting when they come up with a dash to the surface for a bubble of fresh air . Owls and night - jars make strange unearthly cries . The timid deer comes out of its close covert to feed in the grassy clearings . Jaguars , ocelots ...
Page 152
... excepting the rough bedsteads made by inserting four sticks into the ground , on which were laid two long poles , kept apart by two shorter ones at the end , over which rude frame a dry hide was stretched . I was offered one of these ...
... excepting the rough bedsteads made by inserting four sticks into the ground , on which were laid two long poles , kept apart by two shorter ones at the end , over which rude frame a dry hide was stretched . I was offered one of these ...
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... excepting what was brought up from the lake which lies more than 300 feet below the town , surrounded , excepting on the western side , by precipitous cliffs , down which three or four rocky paths have been cut . Up these , all day long ...
... excepting what was brought up from the lake which lies more than 300 feet below the town , surrounded , excepting on the western side , by precipitous cliffs , down which three or four rocky paths have been cut . Up these , all day long ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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