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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... . The time had come : two gaily dressed peons , with the un- failing cigarette in their mouths , jumped lightly into the saddles of the two horses , casting a Parthian glance behind to see if all was right ; the infantry.
... . The time had come : two gaily dressed peons , with the un- failing cigarette in their mouths , jumped lightly into the saddles of the two horses , casting a Parthian glance behind to see if all was right ; the infantry.
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... saddle - bags contained a change of clothes , am- munition , and a few creature comforts , such as brandy and tobacco ; we wore long boots , equally suited for riding and wading in the swamps , and we carried our guns in our hands . I ...
... saddle - bags contained a change of clothes , am- munition , and a few creature comforts , such as brandy and tobacco ; we wore long boots , equally suited for riding and wading in the swamps , and we carried our guns in our hands . I ...
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... saddle ; and scores of clean picked carcases , with buried legs , mark where these catastrophes have happened , If you are travelling with a troop of horses nobody cares a straw for the loss of one : if you have to depend WATERFOWL ...
... saddle ; and scores of clean picked carcases , with buried legs , mark where these catastrophes have happened , If you are travelling with a troop of horses nobody cares a straw for the loss of one : if you have to depend WATERFOWL ...
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... beyond a walk . Heavy saddle - bags and guns make a considerable addition to the ordinary weight of a man ; and the poor beasts must have been TREASURES DISCOVERED . 107 uncommonly glad when they got quit 106 SOUTH AMERICAN SKETCHES .
... beyond a walk . Heavy saddle - bags and guns make a considerable addition to the ordinary weight of a man ; and the poor beasts must have been TREASURES DISCOVERED . 107 uncommonly glad when they got quit 106 SOUTH AMERICAN SKETCHES .
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... saddle , they must change their horses now and then , or the whole would break down , in spite of their wonderful powers of endurance . We bustled about to aid the preparations of good old Mrs. Macdonald , and presently we announced ...
... saddle , they must change their horses now and then , or the whole would break down , in spite of their wonderful powers of endurance . We bustled about to aid the preparations of good old Mrs. Macdonald , and presently we announced ...
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