A Journey Through Texas, Or, A Saddle-trip on the Southwestern Frontier, with a Statistical AppendixBrookhaven Press, 1859 - Počet stran: 516 |
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Strana 31
... stopped to pick him up , but the bank proving difficult , we went on with- out so pleasant a supper dish . It is a matter of surprise to meet so few farms along the banks of such a stream . But it is the common surprise of the West ...
... stopped to pick him up , but the bank proving difficult , we went on with- out so pleasant a supper dish . It is a matter of surprise to meet so few farms along the banks of such a stream . But it is the common surprise of the West ...
Strana 42
... stopped at cotton plantations . On both , the hands were at work picking . One , in Mississippi , where we had time to visit the negro quarters , we found to be an outlying plantation without a residence . There were a dozen or twenty ...
... stopped at cotton plantations . On both , the hands were at work picking . One , in Mississippi , where we had time to visit the negro quarters , we found to be an outlying plantation without a residence . There were a dozen or twenty ...
Strana 56
... stopping wherever night overtakes them . The masters are plainly dressed , often in home - spun , keeping their eyes about them , noticing the soil , sometimes making a remark on the crops by the roadside ; but , generally , dogged ...
... stopping wherever night overtakes them . The masters are plainly dressed , often in home - spun , keeping their eyes about them , noticing the soil , sometimes making a remark on the crops by the roadside ; but , generally , dogged ...
Strana 57
... stopped in the woods for a lunch , at a roadside fire , left well piled for the next comer , as is the pleasant ... Stopping at a cabin for a few minutes , I was left alone . As I rode out a man on the road joined me , with " How d'ye do ...
... stopped in the woods for a lunch , at a roadside fire , left well piled for the next comer , as is the pleasant ... Stopping at a cabin for a few minutes , I was left alone . As I rode out a man on the road joined me , with " How d'ye do ...
Strana 61
... stopping - places in Western Louisiana and Texas . The meals are absolutely invariable , save that fresh pork and sweet potatoes are frequently wanting . There is always , too , the black decoction of the South called coffee , than ...
... stopping - places in Western Louisiana and Texas . The meals are absolutely invariable , save that fresh pork and sweet potatoes are frequently wanting . There is always , too , the black decoction of the South called coffee , than ...
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