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These boats are so many that it seemeth wonderful , neither serve they for other than to take small fish . By the rivers ' sides they make fish - ponds of fine and strong nets , that lie three handfulls under the water , and one above ...
These boats are so many that it seemeth wonderful , neither serve they for other than to take small fish . By the rivers ' sides they make fish - ponds of fine and strong nets , that lie three handfulls under the water , and one above ...
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This land has one great nobleness , which is that througlı every street they sell flesh , fish , vegeatables , fruit , and all things necessary , crying that which they sell ; in such sort that everything needfull passes their doors and ...
This land has one great nobleness , which is that througlı every street they sell flesh , fish , vegeatables , fruit , and all things necessary , crying that which they sell ; in such sort that everything needfull passes their doors and ...
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fish in these baskets through all the country inward , changing every day the water ; and all men of any possibility , within their grounds and enclosures have great store of fish in ponds , for the which they buy the baskets they have ...
fish in these baskets through all the country inward , changing every day the water ; and all men of any possibility , within their grounds and enclosures have great store of fish in ponds , for the which they buy the baskets they have ...
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | xvii |
i The Report of Galeote Pereira | 3 |
ii The Treatise of Fr Gaspar da Cruz O P | 45 |
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| Title | Works, Volume 106 |
| Author | Hakluyt Society |
| Publisher | Kraus Reprint, 1967 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 22 Aug 2009 |
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