South American Sketches: Or, A Visit to Rio Janeiro, the Organ Mountains, La Plata, and the ParanàLongman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1863 - 414 páginas |
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... riding to all parts of the surrounding country and familiarising ourselves with the life and pursuits of the estancieros , among whom we found many of our own countrymen . Ultimately we left the province at Gualeguay , and had an ...
... riding to all parts of the surrounding country and familiarising ourselves with the life and pursuits of the estancieros , among whom we found many of our own countrymen . Ultimately we left the province at Gualeguay , and had an ...
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... - 95 CHAPTER VI . RIDING AND SHOOTING . A coming Storm - A friendly Roof - Armadillos - Ducks - Fla- mingoes- Bad Weather - Still worse - Dead Sheep - Eley's Cart- CONTENTS . XV CHAPTER VI . continued . ridges - xiv CONTENTS .
... - 95 CHAPTER VI . RIDING AND SHOOTING . A coming Storm - A friendly Roof - Armadillos - Ducks - Fla- mingoes- Bad Weather - Still worse - Dead Sheep - Eley's Cart- CONTENTS . XV CHAPTER VI . continued . ridges - xiv CONTENTS .
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... Ride to the Puestos - Ostriches and Deer - Imitating Indians— Results of charging a Bull - A fighting Servant ... Rides - The Rastreador and Vaqueano - General Rivera -Civilisation and the Sword — General Urquiza — El Cañon Tiene la ...
... Ride to the Puestos - Ostriches and Deer - Imitating Indians— Results of charging a Bull - A fighting Servant ... Rides - The Rastreador and Vaqueano - General Rivera -Civilisation and the Sword — General Urquiza — El Cañon Tiene la ...
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... Riding to Breakfast Gaucho Head - dress- Hoof- paring Thistles of the Pampas - Ant - hills - Killing a Fox - Fresh Arrivals - The Barrancosa A Feat of Horsemanship - Carne Con Cuero Delightful Evening al Fresco A Sick Gaucho -A Strange ...
... Riding to Breakfast Gaucho Head - dress- Hoof- paring Thistles of the Pampas - Ant - hills - Killing a Fox - Fresh Arrivals - The Barrancosa A Feat of Horsemanship - Carne Con Cuero Delightful Evening al Fresco A Sick Gaucho -A Strange ...
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... ride to any part of the city costs twenty - five paper dollars , or rather more than four shillings ; but considering the different value of money and the excellence of the article , this can hardly be called excessive . Not far from the.
... ride to any part of the city costs twenty - five paper dollars , or rather more than four shillings ; but considering the different value of money and the excellence of the article , this can hardly be called excessive . Not far from the.
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