Recollections of Four Years in VenezuelaH.S. King & Company, 1876 - 303 pagini |
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... town , and whose previous occupa- tions unfitted them for the exposure , fatigues , and self - denial required for a successful issue to the project . I joined a company , and had prepared every- thing that was thought necessary for the ...
... town , and whose previous occupa- tions unfitted them for the exposure , fatigues , and self - denial required for a successful issue to the project . I joined a company , and had prepared every- thing that was thought necessary for the ...
Pagina 46
... town or settlement of strangers , I re- turn to these solitudes , as they are called , with a sense of relief from fatigue ; and a few days in the bush , with an Indian lad for a companion , would dispel any disposition to a sense of ...
... town or settlement of strangers , I re- turn to these solitudes , as they are called , with a sense of relief from fatigue ; and a few days in the bush , with an Indian lad for a companion , would dispel any disposition to a sense of ...
Pagina 58
... towns - people , it being Lent . The fish he caught were salted , and dried in smoke . One morning we had the brain of the sting ray , rayo , with cassavae bread for breakfast , and a very delicious breakfast it was . It was prepared ...
... towns - people , it being Lent . The fish he caught were salted , and dried in smoke . One morning we had the brain of the sting ray , rayo , with cassavae bread for breakfast , and a very delicious breakfast it was . It was prepared ...
Pagina 65
... town house in Maturin . The sons M. assisted the father in the working of the estate , on which they made rum , and also white sugar . The sugar was in blocks , of the size and shape of E bricks . It was very inferior in quality , owing.
... town house in Maturin . The sons M. assisted the father in the working of the estate , on which they made rum , and also white sugar . The sugar was in blocks , of the size and shape of E bricks . It was very inferior in quality , owing.
Pagina 66
... town on donkeys . It is not the custom here to poison * rum with colouring and other mixtures , that it might have the name of old Grenada and old Jamaica . There is only one man in Maturin , a French Creole , who possesses the ...
... town on donkeys . It is not the custom here to poison * rum with colouring and other mixtures , that it might have the name of old Grenada and old Jamaica . There is only one man in Maturin , a French Creole , who possesses the ...
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Pagina 18 - Published by Authority, and in accordance with Official Documents. Translated from the German by Colonel G. Graham, VC, CB, RE With 6 large Maps.
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