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Page 149
... road that they have been over only once , and that some years before , where there are numerous branch roads and turnings , they will never make a mistake , even in the dark ; and I have often , at night , when I could not make out the road ...
... road that they have been over only once , and that some years before , where there are numerous branch roads and turnings , they will never make a mistake , even in the dark ; and I have often , at night , when I could not make out the road ...
Page 187
... road , and we did not discover the mistake until we had travelled a couple of miles . We then arrived at some huts in the pine forest , where we were told that the road to Ocotal was half a mile distant , across a stream and a high ...
... road , and we did not discover the mistake until we had travelled a couple of miles . We then arrived at some huts in the pine forest , where we were told that the road to Ocotal was half a mile distant , across a stream and a high ...
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... road . On every side the prospect was bounded by long ranges of hills - some of them precipitous , others covered to the summits with dark foliaged trees , looking nearly black in the distance . About noon we came in sight of the ...
... road . On every side the prospect was bounded by long ranges of hills - some of them precipitous , others covered to the summits with dark foliaged trees , looking nearly black in the distance . About noon we came in sight of the ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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