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Page 52
Morality is at a low ebb , and most of them live as mistresses , not as wives , for
which they do not seem to suffer in the ... This is greatly due in Nicaragua , as it is
throughout Central and South America , to the profligate lives led by the priests ...
Morality is at a low ebb , and most of them live as mistresses , not as wives , for
which they do not seem to suffer in the ... This is greatly due in Nicaragua , as it is
throughout Central and South America , to the profligate lives led by the priests ...
Page 53
... covered slope , stand the houses of the commissioner and cashier , in the latter
of which the medical officer also lives . ... detached kitchen behind , had been
built by one of my predecessors , Captain Hill , R.N. , who did not live to inhabit it .
... covered slope , stand the houses of the commissioner and cashier , in the latter
of which the medical officer also lives . ... detached kitchen behind , had been
built by one of my predecessors , Captain Hill , R.N. , who did not live to inhabit it .
Page 145
Sharp Delineation of the Forest 145 or sun - dews , possess quite a different
apparatus for catching insects , and they also live in bogs , which supports the
inference that plants growing in such situations have some especial need to
obtain ...
Sharp Delineation of the Forest 145 or sun - dews , possess quite a different
apparatus for catching insects , and they also live in bogs , which supports the
inference that plants growing in such situations have some especial need to
obtain ...
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