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Page 79
... appearance no actual resistance was attempted , and a reconciliation was effected by the distribution of a few stripes of cloth . A good understanding being thus established , the men called to their wives and children , who were ...
... appearance no actual resistance was attempted , and a reconciliation was effected by the distribution of a few stripes of cloth . A good understanding being thus established , the men called to their wives and children , who were ...
Page 271
... appearance or room to hope that either of them ran to the sea , on the eastern coast ; but , on the contrary , the one described by the natives to be salt , and running to the eastward , I found to be a broad but shallow river , and ...
... appearance or room to hope that either of them ran to the sea , on the eastern coast ; but , on the contrary , the one described by the natives to be salt , and running to the eastward , I found to be a broad but shallow river , and ...
Page 427
... appearance to this copious reservoir : and there was a rich alluvial flat on the opposite bank . I could not , however , perceive much current in these waters , and I traced the stream downwards , anxious to discover that this breadth ...
... appearance to this copious reservoir : and there was a rich alluvial flat on the opposite bank . I could not , however , perceive much current in these waters , and I traced the stream downwards , anxious to discover that this breadth ...
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