Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... shore of Nueva Andalusia sometimes undergoes very violent shocks , without the commotion being propagated across the Llanos . The fatal catastrophe of Cumana , on the 4th of February , 1797 , was not felt at Angostura ; but in the great ...
... shore of Nueva Andalusia sometimes undergoes very violent shocks , without the commotion being propagated across the Llanos . The fatal catastrophe of Cumana , on the 4th of February , 1797 , was not felt at Angostura ; but in the great ...
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... shore , remaining on the surface of the water . The cries of the Indian drew together a crowd of spectators . This unfortunate man was first seen seeking , with astonishing presence of mind , for a knife which he had in his pocket . Not ...
... shore , remaining on the surface of the water . The cries of the Indian drew together a crowd of spectators . This unfortunate man was first seen seeking , with astonishing presence of mind , for a knife which he had in his pocket . Not ...
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... shore ; but all succour was unavailing to restore him to life . He had died of suffocation , for his wounds were not deep . The crocodile , like the dog , appears not to close its jaws firmly while swimming . The inhabitants of the ...
... shore ; but all succour was unavailing to restore him to life . He had died of suffocation , for his wounds were not deep . The crocodile , like the dog , appears not to close its jaws firmly while swimming . The inhabitants of the ...
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... shore , like the Chamaerops humilis , the common cocoa - tree , and the lodoicea of Commerson , is found as a palm - tree of the marshes as far as the sources of the Orinoco . * In the season of inundations these clumps of mauritia ...
... shore , like the Chamaerops humilis , the common cocoa - tree , and the lodoicea of Commerson , is found as a palm - tree of the marshes as far as the sources of the Orinoco . * In the season of inundations these clumps of mauritia ...
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... shore between the Orinoco and the Amazon . Ten leagues distant from Cape Barima , the great bed of the Orinoco is divided for the first time into two branches of two thousand toises in breadth . They are known by the Indian names of ...
... shore between the Orinoco and the Amazon . Ten leagues distant from Cape Barima , the great bed of the Orinoco is divided for the first time into two branches of two thousand toises in breadth . They are known by the Indian names of ...
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