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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... usually insists on being paid a regular wage in money . If , however , the mine be rich , he prefers the gambling excitement of the " mantada . " As the capachero , or porter , laden with his load of ore in the capacho , or leathern bag ...
... usually insists on being paid a regular wage in money . If , however , the mine be rich , he prefers the gambling excitement of the " mantada . " As the capachero , or porter , laden with his load of ore in the capacho , or leathern bag ...
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... usually of small size , and may either surround islands , or run along their coasts ( p . 9 ) . Between them and the shore there is usually no great depth of water , while soundings prove that on their seaward side the land gradually ...
... usually of small size , and may either surround islands , or run along their coasts ( p . 9 ) . Between them and the shore there is usually no great depth of water , while soundings prove that on their seaward side the land gradually ...
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... usually compel him to go to and from hospitable houses by train , he naturally concludes that " everybody " in Melbourne lives at one of the pretty seaside towns on the shores of Port Phillip , or in one of the villas which for miles ...
... usually compel him to go to and from hospitable houses by train , he naturally concludes that " everybody " in Melbourne lives at one of the pretty seaside towns on the shores of Port Phillip , or in one of the villas which for miles ...
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