Around & about South America: Twenty Months of Quest & QueryAppleton, 1895 - 473 halaman |
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... hills - Misti , Charchani , and Coropuna - The sand - dunes - Bearding Nature in her fastnesses — Mr . J. M. Thorndike's residence ncar Arequipa - The railway headquarters- The cathedral - Railway companions - The famous Verrugas bridge ...
... hills - Misti , Charchani , and Coropuna - The sand - dunes - Bearding Nature in her fastnesses — Mr . J. M. Thorndike's residence ncar Arequipa - The railway headquarters- The cathedral - Railway companions - The famous Verrugas bridge ...
Halaman xiii
... hills - Yerba forests - Primitive life of the In- dians - A ride through the forest - Delightful life on Tupurupucu ranch -Ox - carts with yerba - maté - All but a duel - San Tomé - It contains the ubiquitous plaza - On the way from San ...
... hills - Yerba forests - Primitive life of the In- dians - A ride through the forest - Delightful life on Tupurupucu ranch -Ox - carts with yerba - maté - All but a duel - San Tomé - It contains the ubiquitous plaza - On the way from San ...
Halaman 5
... hills here- about are very extensive French settlements , the little cot- tages with wide , projecting roofs being erected upon brick or stone pillars six feet in height , and placed in situations most exposed to the sun and air . Some ...
... hills here- about are very extensive French settlements , the little cot- tages with wide , projecting roofs being erected upon brick or stone pillars six feet in height , and placed in situations most exposed to the sun and air . Some ...
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... hills stretching away in the distance . At our fore was now hoisted the Ecuadorian flag - three broad , longitudinal ... hill east of the city there seems to be a small fort . Along the bank runs a tramway with double - decked cars drawn ...
... hills stretching away in the distance . At our fore was now hoisted the Ecuadorian flag - three broad , longitudinal ... hill east of the city there seems to be a small fort . Along the bank runs a tramway with double - decked cars drawn ...
Halaman 19
... hills more than repaid me for the rough travel . All nature was on a tremendous scale ; even the hillocks were several thousand feet in height . At night we reached a small In- dian village far up among the hills , and found quarters in ...
... hills more than repaid me for the rough travel . All nature was on a tremendous scale ; even the hillocks were several thousand feet in height . At night we reached a small In- dian village far up among the hills , and found quarters in ...
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