South American Sketches: Or, A Visit to Rio Janeiro, the Organ Mountains, La Plata, and the Paranà |
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... winds , the heat was very sultry and oppressive ; the motion of the steamer always made a little air on deck , but it was easy to imagine the suffer- ings of those who are becalmed on the Line in a sailing vessel . On the 27th we passed ...
... winds , the heat was very sultry and oppressive ; the motion of the steamer always made a little air on deck , but it was easy to imagine the suffer- ings of those who are becalmed on the Line in a sailing vessel . On the 27th we passed ...
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... winds may be depended upon , and bad weather is quite the exception to the general rule . The hurricane wind of the coast is called in Spanish El Pampero , which , rushing from the lofty slopes of the Cordillera of the Andes , races ...
... winds may be depended upon , and bad weather is quite the exception to the general rule . The hurricane wind of the coast is called in Spanish El Pampero , which , rushing from the lofty slopes of the Cordillera of the Andes , races ...
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... wind was still blowing hard from the south - west , and dead against us ; but as soon as we were signalled to lower the hateful yellow flag , some boats came off from shore . I and some half dozen other passengers jumped into one of ...
... wind was still blowing hard from the south - west , and dead against us ; but as soon as we were signalled to lower the hateful yellow flag , some boats came off from shore . I and some half dozen other passengers jumped into one of ...
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... winds , which at one time raise the water to an extraordinary height , and at another drive it several miles away from its natural banks . A few months before I went to Buenos Ayres there had been a dreadful gale from the south - east ...
... winds , which at one time raise the water to an extraordinary height , and at another drive it several miles away from its natural banks . A few months before I went to Buenos Ayres there had been a dreadful gale from the south - east ...
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... wind of course from SSW . ' In the neighbourhood of these Quintas are some ex- cellent market - gardens , which supply fruit , flowers , and vegetables to the city . The orange trees were as large as our full - grown apple trees , and ...
... wind of course from SSW . ' In the neighbourhood of these Quintas are some ex- cellent market - gardens , which supply fruit , flowers , and vegetables to the city . The orange trees were as large as our full - grown apple trees , and ...
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