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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... trees and bushes of the opposite shore , and of a long , flat reach of river , was not encouraging . But , as good fortune would have it , we had scarcely began the melancholy digestion of our dinner , when the flat stern - wheel boat ...
... trees and bushes of the opposite shore , and of a long , flat reach of river , was not encouraging . But , as good fortune would have it , we had scarcely began the melancholy digestion of our dinner , when the flat stern - wheel boat ...
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... tree until late the next day , but a few miles from Smithland . The evening was something hard to pass ; a fierce stove , a rattle of oaths and cards within , and the cold fog without . Luckily I had with me a Spanish grammar , in view ...
... tree until late the next day , but a few miles from Smithland . The evening was something hard to pass ; a fierce stove , a rattle of oaths and cards within , and the cold fog without . Luckily I had with me a Spanish grammar , in view ...
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... trees of the rich bottom alone are to be seen overhanging the placid surface . For miles , almost for hours , there is not a break in the line of dripping branches . Monotony is immediate . But it is not without suffering this that a ...
... trees of the rich bottom alone are to be seen overhanging the placid surface . For miles , almost for hours , there is not a break in the line of dripping branches . Monotony is immediate . But it is not without suffering this that a ...
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... trees , or fly in small or large flocks across the stream . We counted more than ninety in one fright- ened throng . One of them was brought down by a rifle - shot from the pilot - house , but fell into the woods . The boat stopped to ...
... trees , or fly in small or large flocks across the stream . We counted more than ninety in one fright- ened throng . One of them was brought down by a rifle - shot from the pilot - house , but fell into the woods . The boat stopped to ...
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... trees , and two splendid evergreen Cherokee roses ; half a dozen hounds ; several negro babies ; turkeys and ... tree near by . On the logs of the kitchen a fresh deer - skin was drying . On the railing of the piazza lay a Mexican saddle ...
... trees , and two splendid evergreen Cherokee roses ; half a dozen hounds ; several negro babies ; turkeys and ... tree near by . On the logs of the kitchen a fresh deer - skin was drying . On the railing of the piazza lay a Mexican saddle ...
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