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... Water - bearing plants — Insect - trapsThe south - western edge of the forest
region — Influence of cultivation upon it - Sagacity of the mule . . i 139 CHAPTER
XI Start on journey to Segovia - Rocky mountain road - A poor lodging — The
rock ...
... Water - bearing plants — Insect - trapsThe south - western edge of the forest
region — Influence of cultivation upon it - Sagacity of the mule . . i 139 CHAPTER
XI Start on journey to Segovia - Rocky mountain road - A poor lodging — The
rock ...
Page 167
We took this mountain - path to avoid some very bad swamps that we were told
we should encounter if we went by the main road . The mountain range was bare
and bleak , but we had a fine view over the surrounding country . Opposite to us ...
We took this mountain - path to avoid some very bad swamps that we were told
we should encounter if we went by the main road . The mountain range was bare
and bleak , but we had a fine view over the surrounding country . Opposite to us ...
Page 209
... an account of the overwhelming of a country by the sea , when thunder and
flames came out of it , and “ the mountains ... of the deluge , in which one , or
three , or eight persons were saved above the waters on the top of a high
mountain .
... an account of the overwhelming of a country by the sea , when thunder and
flames came out of it , and “ the mountains ... of the deluge , in which one , or
three , or eight persons were saved above the waters on the top of a high
mountain .
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