The Great Mountains and Forests of South AmericaLongmans, Green, and Company, 1902 - 306 páginas |
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... rock , could have been obtained . It was with difficulty that we could find a pebble larger than a marble near the river ; but there are flints in the country somewhere , as will presently appear . Fluttering about these ruins was a ...
... rock , could have been obtained . It was with difficulty that we could find a pebble larger than a marble near the river ; but there are flints in the country somewhere , as will presently appear . Fluttering about these ruins was a ...
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... rocks , a strange illustra- tion of how birds and other animals adapt themselves to localities , for here it dwells in dense forests . There were other hawks and falcons which I could not identify , and three species of eagles . The ...
... rocks , a strange illustra- tion of how birds and other animals adapt themselves to localities , for here it dwells in dense forests . There were other hawks and falcons which I could not identify , and three species of eagles . The ...
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... rocks in the bed of the river , and though the obstruction did not seem to me to be of a very formidable nature , it was impossible to take the boat beyond this point . Here , then , we were brought to a standstill . I had some ...
... rocks in the bed of the river , and though the obstruction did not seem to me to be of a very formidable nature , it was impossible to take the boat beyond this point . Here , then , we were brought to a standstill . I had some ...
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... rock , concealed among the bushes , I did not think that it was more than a hollow place , until a sudden shower of rain compelled me to seek shelter within it . The entrance was only some five feet high by three broad , and shelved ...
... rock , concealed among the bushes , I did not think that it was more than a hollow place , until a sudden shower of rain compelled me to seek shelter within it . The entrance was only some five feet high by three broad , and shelved ...
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... rock just over my head . Beyond there was a second cavern of twice the size of the first , and this also was well lighted from fissures above , which were three or four hundred feet overhead . There was a very pit - like aperture beyond ...
... rock just over my head . Beyond there was a second cavern of twice the size of the first , and this also was well lighted from fissures above , which were three or four hundred feet overhead . There was a very pit - like aperture beyond ...
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