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Page 137
Centipedes , wood - lice , and all kinds of creeping things come out of cracks and
crevices ; even the pools are alive with water - beetles that have been hiding in
the ooze all day , excepting when they come up with a dash to the surface for a ...
Centipedes , wood - lice , and all kinds of creeping things come out of cracks and
crevices ; even the pools are alive with water - beetles that have been hiding in
the ooze all day , excepting when they come up with a dash to the surface for a ...
Page 152
The remains of a broken chair was the only furniture , 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 ...
The remains of a broken chair was the only furniture , 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 ...
Page 264
There was no water when I visited Masaya , 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 ...
There was no water when I visited Masaya , 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 ...
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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