Recollections of four years in VenezuelaРипол Классик, 1876 - 303 pagini |
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... 96 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. RIVER SCENE—VENEZUELA, . . . Frame-piece. “ LIONS AT MATING season,” . . . . p. 49 THE DISTURBERS OF OUR SLEEP, . . , p_ 49 MAP, . . . . . . . p. 304 REC OLLEC T I 0N5 FOUR YEARS IN VENEZUELA. +CHAPTER xu Contents.
... 96 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. RIVER SCENE—VENEZUELA, . . . Frame-piece. “ LIONS AT MATING season,” . . . . p. 49 THE DISTURBERS OF OUR SLEEP, . . , p_ 49 MAP, . . . . . . . p. 304 REC OLLEC T I 0N5 FOUR YEARS IN VENEZUELA. +CHAPTER xu Contents.
Pagina 12
... river, we passed a little island, and later arrived at the confluence of the San Juan and Guarapiche, where an island forms three cafias—Cafia San Juan, Cafla Frances, and Cafia Colorado; and ultimately we arrived at La Ceiba. CHAPTER ...
... river, we passed a little island, and later arrived at the confluence of the San Juan and Guarapiche, where an island forms three cafias—Cafia San Juan, Cafla Frances, and Cafia Colorado; and ultimately we arrived at La Ceiba. CHAPTER ...
Pagina 13
... river, or one day's journey by land. The proprietor deals largely in oxen, which are periodically driven down over the savannahs by a road made for the purpose. The two shipping places are the Embarcadero, a mile higher up the river ...
... river, or one day's journey by land. The proprietor deals largely in oxen, which are periodically driven down over the savannahs by a road made for the purpose. The two shipping places are the Embarcadero, a mile higher up the river ...
Pagina 22
... river turns with a sharp bend. Towards the western bank which forms the outer angle, there runs a creek into the river, and as the waters of the river and the creek meet with considerable force, an eddy is formed which is dangerous to ...
... river turns with a sharp bend. Towards the western bank which forms the outer angle, there runs a creek into the river, and as the waters of the river and the creek meet with considerable force, an eddy is formed which is dangerous to ...
Pagina 25
... channel, arm, creek, unless it means the channel by which drainage is effected—is, to me, as inexplicable as why most of the tributary rivers in British Guiana are called creeks. The Caruto has its source in some swamps.
... channel, arm, creek, unless it means the channel by which drainage is effected—is, to me, as inexplicable as why most of the tributary rivers in British Guiana are called creeks. The Caruto has its source in some swamps.
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A WAKE | 70 |
CHAPTER X | 92 |
CHAPTER XI | 101 |
CHAPTER XII | 107 |
ENTRY or SOTILLOS ARMY | 160 |
CHAPTER XVIII | 171 |
CHAPTER XIX | 178 |
CHAPTER XX | 187 |
CHAPTER XXI | 193 |
CHAPTER XXII | 204 |
CHAPTER XXIII | 221 |
CHAPTER XXIV | 232 |
CHAPTER XIII | 117 |
CHAPTER XIV | 127 |
CHAPTER XV | 139 |
CHAPTER XVI | 148 |
CHAPTER XXV | 245 |
CHAPTER XXVI | 257 |
ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH DAY ON THE LLANOS | 264 |
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