South American Sketches: Or, A Visit to Rio Janeiro, the Organ Mountains, La Plata, and the Paranà |
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... side of the streets , we managed to explore a good deal of the city ; but about two o'clock we were very glad to get some shelter in a cool room of the Braganza Hotel . Two hours later the coaling was over ; and , with some FELLOW ...
... side of the streets , we managed to explore a good deal of the city ; but about two o'clock we were very glad to get some shelter in a cool room of the Braganza Hotel . Two hours later the coaling was over ; and , with some FELLOW ...
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... , sticks and inlaid boxes . Crowding round the ship's side and climbing the gangway , chat- tering and screaming in broken English and Portuguese , commerce . A JUMP FOR IT . 5 they opened 4 SOUTH AMERICAN SKETCHES .
... , sticks and inlaid boxes . Crowding round the ship's side and climbing the gangway , chat- tering and screaming in broken English and Portuguese , commerce . A JUMP FOR IT . 5 they opened 4 SOUTH AMERICAN SKETCHES .
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... side . After a few moments ' disap- pearance , he came to the top like a duck , and was just beginning to show his talents as a swimmer , when the nearest pursuers caught him by the collar , and dragged him into their boat — a dripping ...
... side . After a few moments ' disap- pearance , he came to the top like a duck , and was just beginning to show his talents as a swimmer , when the nearest pursuers caught him by the collar , and dragged him into their boat — a dripping ...
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... side . There is something very attractive in the young of most animals . Puppies and kittens are delightful ; but there is nothing so charming in its way as a batch of little bright - eyed niggers playing , stark naked , on a sand ...
... side . There is something very attractive in the young of most animals . Puppies and kittens are delightful ; but there is nothing so charming in its way as a batch of little bright - eyed niggers playing , stark naked , on a sand ...
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... side of the world . The facts , however , of this disaster were suffi- ciently appalling . Mendoza was one of the principal cities in the Argentine Republic , with a population estimated at nearly 20,000 . Situated at the foot of the ...
... side of the world . The facts , however , of this disaster were suffi- ciently appalling . Mendoza was one of the principal cities in the Argentine Republic , with a population estimated at nearly 20,000 . Situated at the foot of the ...
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