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Page 61
... four yards in diameter . At first I tried to stop the holes up , but fresh ones were immediately opened out : I then ... four buckets of water , and , after stirring it well about , poured it down the burrows ; I could hear it rumbling ...
... four yards in diameter . At first I tried to stop the holes up , but fresh ones were immediately opened out : I then ... four buckets of water , and , after stirring it well about , poured it down the burrows ; I could hear it rumbling ...
Page 152
... 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 couches for the night , and accepted it ; though ...
... 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 couches for the night , and accepted it ; though ...
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... four or five children . They had just prepared for their own dinner a young fowl , stewed with green beans and other vegetables , and this they placed before us , saying that they would soon cook something else for themselves . We were ...
... four or five children . They had just prepared for their own dinner a young fowl , stewed with green beans and other vegetables , and this they placed before us , saying that they would soon cook something else for themselves . We were ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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