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CHAPTER III Journey up river continued — Wild pigs and jaguar - Bungos —
Reach Machuca - Castillo - Capture of Castillo by Nelson - India - rubber trade -
Rubber - men - Method of making india - rudder - Congo monkeys - Macaws —
The ...
CHAPTER III Journey up river continued — Wild pigs and jaguar - Bungos —
Reach Machuca - Castillo - Capture of Castillo by Nelson - India - rubber trade -
Rubber - men - Method of making india - rudder - Congo monkeys - Macaws —
The ...
Page 231
Whirlwinds and Cyclones : 231 considers that they are continued and intensified
by the vapour condensed in their vortex forming a vacuum . Humboldt had long
ago ascribed whirlwinds to the meeting of opposing currents of air . There is this ...
Whirlwinds and Cyclones : 231 considers that they are continued and intensified
by the vapour condensed in their vortex forming a vacuum . Humboldt had long
ago ascribed whirlwinds to the meeting of opposing currents of air . There is this ...
Page 267
In St . Vincent , in the West Indies , there was a great eruption on April 27th , 1812
, which continued for three days , and was heard six hundred and thirty miles
away on the llanos of Caracas . It has been so graphically narrated by Canon ...
In St . Vincent , in the West Indies , there was a great eruption on April 27th , 1812
, which continued for three days , and was heard six hundred and thirty miles
away on the llanos of Caracas . It has been so graphically narrated by Canon ...
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