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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Page 159
... seen on every sunny bank . The whole region from San Francisco to the Tocantins is singularly free from mosquitoes and the other insect pests , including even the carapatos , or ticks , the greatest misery which travellers in Brazil ...
... seen on every sunny bank . The whole region from San Francisco to the Tocantins is singularly free from mosquitoes and the other insect pests , including even the carapatos , or ticks , the greatest misery which travellers in Brazil ...
Page 290
... seen from any part of the city , is very magnificent . The city is built in squares , and the houses are generally low , and running round the four sides of a court - yard , intended as a place of refuge during earthquakes . Of late ...
... seen from any part of the city , is very magnificent . The city is built in squares , and the houses are generally low , and running round the four sides of a court - yard , intended as a place of refuge during earthquakes . Of late ...
Page 166
... seen in a single " mob " or drove . The squatter on whose run they are pasturing tries to drive them into a pound , there to slaughter them for the sake of their hides . The law is that if one is seen to be branded it should be ...
... seen in a single " mob " or drove . The squatter on whose run they are pasturing tries to drive them into a pound , there to slaughter them for the sake of their hides . The law is that if one is seen to be branded it should be ...
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