Recollections of Four Years in VenezuelaH.S. King & Company, 1876 - 303 pagini |
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Pagina 18
... officers of customs add to their salaries by a percentage on the goods smuggled , with their connivance , into the country , and thus the method of raising a revenue intended for the promotion of good government , is made a source of ...
... officers of customs add to their salaries by a percentage on the goods smuggled , with their connivance , into the country , and thus the method of raising a revenue intended for the promotion of good government , is made a source of ...
Pagina 54
... officers of the government ostensibly protecting the revenue , but really coadjutors of the smugglers , aiding and abetting them by pur- posely appearing at the wrong place at the right time , or the right place at the wrong time ...
... officers of the government ostensibly protecting the revenue , but really coadjutors of the smugglers , aiding and abetting them by pur- posely appearing at the wrong place at the right time , or the right place at the wrong time ...
Pagina 55
... officers . The captains of smugglers were not always faithful to the understood arrangement . When- ever they could avoid the officers of customs they infringed the fundamental law of their class , " hon- our among thieves , " by ...
... officers . The captains of smugglers were not always faithful to the understood arrangement . When- ever they could avoid the officers of customs they infringed the fundamental law of their class , " hon- our among thieves , " by ...
Pagina 89
... officer , who appeared to have some communication for the jefe , retired with him into an apartment , and after a while the jefe came out and asked what he could do for me . To my inquiries respecting the peons , he answered that ...
... officer , who appeared to have some communication for the jefe , retired with him into an apartment , and after a while the jefe came out and asked what he could do for me . To my inquiries respecting the peons , he answered that ...
Pagina 104
... children . I believe the captain of the revenue guards thought I had a duty to perform to the state , or to the state's officers , and he was encour- Turtle Eggs . 105 aging me to do it . 104 Recollections of Four Years in Venezuela .
... children . I believe the captain of the revenue guards thought I had a duty to perform to the state , or to the state's officers , and he was encour- Turtle Eggs . 105 aging me to do it . 104 Recollections of Four Years in Venezuela .
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