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... stones , are frequent , and pieces of pottery , broken stone statues , and pedestals are often met with . Near Esquipula there are some artificial - looking mounds , with great stones set around them ; in fact , this and another village ...
... stones , are frequent , and pieces of pottery , broken stone statues , and pedestals are often met with . Near Esquipula there are some artificial - looking mounds , with great stones set around them ; in fact , this and another village ...
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... stones " were lying . We found them to be broken fragments of statues , one larger , better worked , and in much fairer preservation than the others . They had all been much battered and broken . The greater size and solidity of this ...
... stones " were lying . We found them to be broken fragments of statues , one larger , better worked , and in much fairer preservation than the others . They had all been much battered and broken . The greater size and solidity of this ...
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... stones ; and , pushing in amongst the bushes , found it was full of old Indian graves , marked by heaps of stones , in the centres of some of which still stood the pedestals on which the statues had been placed . Most of the heaps were ...
... stones ; and , pushing in amongst the bushes , found it was full of old Indian graves , marked by heaps of stones , in the centres of some of which still stood the pedestals on which the statues had been placed . Most of the heaps were ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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