Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... of Nature ( Bohn ) , pages 13 , 136 . * The use of this moriche wine however is not very common . The Guaraons prefer in general a beverage of fermented honey . 10 REGULARITY OF THE INUNDATIONS . of several thousand square.
... of Nature ( Bohn ) , pages 13 , 136 . * The use of this moriche wine however is not very common . The Guaraons prefer in general a beverage of fermented honey . 10 REGULARITY OF THE INUNDATIONS . of several thousand square.
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... square leagues receives . However un- equal may be the quantity of rain that falls during several successive years , in such or such a valley , the swellings of rivers that have a very long course , are little affected by these local ...
... square leagues receives . However un- equal may be the quantity of rain that falls during several successive years , in such or such a valley , the swellings of rivers that have a very long course , are little affected by these local ...
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... square leagues are found concentrated between the Rio Imataca and the town of Santo Thomé del Angostura , on a space of ground only fifty - five leagues in length , and thirty in breadth . Both of these monastic governments are equally ...
... square leagues are found concentrated between the Rio Imataca and the town of Santo Thomé del Angostura , on a space of ground only fifty - five leagues in length , and thirty in breadth . Both of these monastic governments are equally ...
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... square leagues of surface . The savannahs to the east and south are almost uninhabited ; we find there only the solitary missions of Belem , Tumu- remo , Tupuquen , Puedpa , and Santa Clara . It were to be wished that the spots ...
... square leagues of surface . The savannahs to the east and south are almost uninhabited ; we find there only the solitary missions of Belem , Tumu- remo , Tupuquen , Puedpa , and Santa Clara . It were to be wished that the spots ...
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... square leagues , which stretches between the Orinoco and the Amazon , on the east of the Andes of Quito and New Granada . What I saw of this country between the second and eighth degrees of lati- tude , and the sixty - sixth and seventy ...
... square leagues , which stretches between the Orinoco and the Amazon , on the east of the Andes of Quito and New Granada . What I saw of this country between the second and eighth degrees of lati- tude , and the sixty - sixth and seventy ...
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