Narrative of an Official Visit to Guatemala from MexicoJ. Murray, 1829 - 528 Seiten |
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... carried off to my lodgings , to the amusement of those who had made good their purchases , and the disappointment of other thirsty expectants , who , however , had the discretion or good humour to join in the laugh . а My lodging was of ...
... carried off to my lodgings , to the amusement of those who had made good their purchases , and the disappointment of other thirsty expectants , who , however , had the discretion or good humour to join in the laugh . а My lodging was of ...
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... carrying trade . At Dos Arroyos , we put up at a peon's , or day - labourer's house . He had just returned home in the evening to partake the domestic comforts prepared for him by a tidy young wife and three little children . As he was ...
... carrying trade . At Dos Arroyos , we put up at a peon's , or day - labourer's house . He had just returned home in the evening to partake the domestic comforts prepared for him by a tidy young wife and three little children . As he was ...
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... carrying on his mercantile affairs in this comparatively abandoned port . He was of commanding and rather robust stature , wore his hair combed back and powdered , with a pigtail ; had on drab kerseymere breeches unbuttoned at the knees ...
... carrying on his mercantile affairs in this comparatively abandoned port . He was of commanding and rather robust stature , wore his hair combed back and powdered , with a pigtail ; had on drab kerseymere breeches unbuttoned at the knees ...
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... the revolution , was attended with the greatest difficulties ; that smuggling and bribery were carried on to a serious extent , ! and that the authorities had no power sufficient to prevent ch . vi . ] 71 TO GUATEMALA .
... the revolution , was attended with the greatest difficulties ; that smuggling and bribery were carried on to a serious extent , ! and that the authorities had no power sufficient to prevent ch . vi . ] 71 TO GUATEMALA .
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... carry on an export trade to Cartagena , Peru , and other parts of the Western coast , to the amount of £ 10,000 sterling per annum . There is one large church , which , of course , occupies , as in all Spanish towns , one side of the ...
... carry on an export trade to Cartagena , Peru , and other parts of the Western coast , to the amount of £ 10,000 sterling per annum . There is one large church , which , of course , occupies , as in all Spanish towns , one side of the ...
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Acajutla Acapulco amongst amount animal apartment appearance arrived baggage beautiful Belize brandy British called capital Captain Brown Chile pepper Chiquimula cigar coast cochineal Colombia Comayagua companion course dollars Don Juan Don Mateo Don Simon Doña doubloons dress effect English exports favour feet five formed four going Golfo Dulce guaco Guate Guatemala Guatemalian half height Honduras horse hostess Indian indigo inhabitants Izabal journey kind lady lake land latter leagues looking maize Majesty's Government Mayorga ment merchants Mexi Mexican Mexico miles morning mountain mules nature Nicaragua night o'clock occupied Omoa party passed poor port proceeding pulque republic respectable river road rusal saddle San Salvador seemed Señor servants shewed side siesta sleeping Sonsonate South Sea Spanish spot supper tains thing tion took town trade travellers trees Truxillo vessel village whilst whole yard young
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Seite 127 - O Cassius, you are yoked with a lamb That carries anger, as the flint bears fire; Who, much enforced, shows a hasty spark, And straight is cold again.
Seite 250 - Guatemala," gives the following account of the plant. " The nopal is a plant consisting of little stems, but expanding itself into wide thick leaves, more or less prickly according to its different kind : one or two of these leaves being set as one plant, at the distance of two or three feet square from each other, are inoculated with the cochineal, which, I...
Seite 144 - The Roman Catholic religion, the only true one, is, and always shall be, that of the Spanish nation. The government protects it by wise and just laws, and prohibits the exercise of any other whatever.
Seite 168 - ... great, that, on finding a hoard of meat, he will chuckle the hens together, and without touching one bit himfelf will rehnquifh the whole of it to them.
Seite 250 - The nopal is a plant consisting of little stems, but expanding itself into wide thick leaves, more or less prickly according to its different kind : one or two of these leaves being set as one plant, at the distance of two or three feet square from each other, are inoculated with the cochineal, which, I scarcely need say, is an insect : it is the same as if you would take the blight off an apple or other common tree, and rub a small portion of it on another tree free from the contagion, when the...
Seite 467 - Santiago de Guatemala, the capital, stands in the midst of a large handsome plain, surrounded on all sides by sierras of a moderate height, and at the distance of from three to seven league*.
Seite 199 - Permission to cut wood in the said province. 4th. Exemption from duty on the introduction of goods, on account of the company, until the canal be completed.
Seite 250 - ... square from each other, are inoculated with the cochineal, which, I scarcely need say, is an insect : it is the same as if you would take the blight off an apple or other common tree, and rub a small portion of it on another tree free from the contagion, when the consequence would be that the tree so inoculated would become covered with the blight : a small quantity of the insects in question is sufficient for each plant, which, in proportion as it increases its leaves, is sure to be covered...
Seite 251 - ... tree so inoculated would become covered with the blight : a small quantity of the insects in question is sufficient for each plant, which, in proportion as it increases its leaves, is sure to be covered with the costly parasite. When the plant is perfectly saturated, the cochineal is scraped off with great care. The plants are not very valuable for the first year, but they may be estimated as yielding after the second year, from a dollar to a dollar and a half profit on each plant.
Seite 468 - They slope from each side towards the centre, along which runs almost perpetually a streamlet of clear water, the edges of which being covered with verdure, give to the city a picturesque, though deserted appearance. In some few of the streets there are trottoirs, particularly in the Plaza, or chief square, where they are covered with a colonnade, extending all round the square, excepting on the side occupied by the cathedral ; opposite to this is the palace...