The Countries of the World: Being a Popular Description of the Various Continents, Islands, Rivers, Seas, and Peoples of the Globe, Volumes 3-4Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1892 |
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... houses are rent by the earthquakes which have visited them . Most of the inhabitants are of mixed descent , though there are a few descendants of the old Spanish families , and a small European Society , formed by the diplomatic corps ...
... houses are rent by the earthquakes which have visited them . Most of the inhabitants are of mixed descent , though there are a few descendants of the old Spanish families , and a small European Society , formed by the diplomatic corps ...
Page 56
... houses , eight monasteries , and two churches , all richly furnished , and many of them really splendid . It was the " jumping off place " for all the adventurers , north and south , and the spot to which they returned with their ...
... houses , eight monasteries , and two churches , all richly furnished , and many of them really splendid . It was the " jumping off place " for all the adventurers , north and south , and the spot to which they returned with their ...
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... houses are built . But a great many of the houses are erected on piles projecting into the stream , and within these again are moored bamboo rafts on which still humbler superstructures are reared . Most of these river - front houses ...
... houses are built . But a great many of the houses are erected on piles projecting into the stream , and within these again are moored bamboo rafts on which still humbler superstructures are reared . Most of these river - front houses ...
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