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Page 148
... mules sank above their knees . On this occasion , as on many others , I had often to notice how well the mule re- membered places where in some former year it had avoided a particularly bad part by making a detour . I was riding a mule ...
... mules sank above their knees . On this occasion , as on many others , I had often to notice how well the mule re- membered places where in some former year it had avoided a particularly bad part by making a detour . I was riding a mule ...
Page 197
... mules to come as far as Ocotal , and had great difficulty in getting others to go on with . I think the people at first were afraid that we might cross the boundary and never return . We after- wards learnt that robberies of mules often ...
... mules to come as far as Ocotal , and had great difficulty in getting others to go on with . I think the people at first were afraid that we might cross the boundary and never return . We after- wards learnt that robberies of mules often ...
Page 238
... mules to cross the river . Thinking , from his description , that it was only about a mile distant , I started on mule - back with him ; but after riding fully a league , discovered that he actually did not know himself where it was ...
... mules to cross the river . Thinking , from his description , that it was only about a mile distant , I started on mule - back with him ; but after riding fully a league , discovered that he actually did not know himself where it was ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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