Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... produce is triple that of corn , and double that of potatoes in France . But the plantain pro- duces , on the same surface of land , still more alimentary substance than the sago - tree . * I dwell much on these divisions of the great ...
... produce is triple that of corn , and double that of potatoes in France . But the plantain pro- duces , on the same surface of land , still more alimentary substance than the sago - tree . * I dwell much on these divisions of the great ...
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... produces violent attacks of tetanus , and contains , according to the experiments of Pelletier and Caventon , a peculiar alkaline substance * analogous to morphine and strychnine . As the tree which yields the real Cortex angostura does ...
... produces violent attacks of tetanus , and contains , according to the experiments of Pelletier and Caventon , a peculiar alkaline substance * analogous to morphine and strychnine . As the tree which yields the real Cortex angostura does ...
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... produced very serious consequences , The governor was disgraced on the com- plaint of the Catalonian monks , though he ... produce . It were to be wished that here , as in the fine and fertile pro- vince of Venezuela , the inhabitants ...
... produced very serious consequences , The governor was disgraced on the com- plaint of the Catalonian monks , though he ... produce . It were to be wished that here , as in the fine and fertile pro- vince of Venezuela , the inhabitants ...
Page 53
... produce of their soil as the diamonds of Brazil and India are the produce of the regions of Europe , where they are most abundant . The expedition of Berrio , which had increased in number during the stay of the vessels at Cumana , La ...
... produce of their soil as the diamonds of Brazil and India are the produce of the regions of Europe , where they are most abundant . The expedition of Berrio , which had increased in number during the stay of the vessels at Cumana , La ...
Page 60
... produced others in the respective situations of the lakes Parima and Cassipa , as well as in the direction of the course of the Orinoco . This great river is represented as running , from its delta as far as beyond the * See , for ...
... produced others in the respective situations of the lakes Parima and Cassipa , as well as in the direction of the course of the Orinoco . This great river is represented as running , from its delta as far as beyond the * See , for ...
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