Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... streams discourse continually on the dangers to which they are exposed . They have marked the manners of the crocodile , as the torero has studied the manners of the bull . When they are assailed , they put in practice , with that ...
... streams discourse continually on the dangers to which they are exposed . They have marked the manners of the crocodile , as the torero has studied the manners of the bull . When they are assailed , they put in practice , with that ...
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... streams flow . Hence it follows , that the periodical oscillations of rivers are , like the equality of temperature of caverns and springs , a sen- sible indication of the regular distribution of humidity and heat , which takes place ...
... streams flow . Hence it follows , that the periodical oscillations of rivers are , like the equality of temperature of caverns and springs , a sen- sible indication of the regular distribution of humidity and heat , which takes place ...
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... streams of the Orinoco , the Guaviare , the Meta , and the Apure , take their rise , enter no more into the limit of perpetual snows , with the sole exception of the Paramos of Chita and Mucuchies , than the Alps of Abyssinia . Snowy ...
... streams of the Orinoco , the Guaviare , the Meta , and the Apure , take their rise , enter no more into the limit of perpetual snows , with the sole exception of the Paramos of Chita and Mucuchies , than the Alps of Abyssinia . Snowy ...
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... streams which the principal trunk receives . The people believe that every five years the Orinoco rises three feet higher than common ; but the idea of this cycle does not rest on any precise measures . We know by the testimony of ...
... streams which the principal trunk receives . The people believe that every five years the Orinoco rises three feet higher than common ; but the idea of this cycle does not rest on any precise measures . We know by the testimony of ...
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... streams of the Orinoco from those of the Cuyuni . There are situate the Villa de Upata , * the capital of the missions , Santa Maria , and Cupapui . Small table - lands afford a healthy and temperate climate . Cacao , rice , cotton ...
... streams of the Orinoco from those of the Cuyuni . There are situate the Villa de Upata , * the capital of the missions , Santa Maria , and Cupapui . Small table - lands afford a healthy and temperate climate . Cacao , rice , cotton ...
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