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Page 12
... five years , though generally young trees are only tapped , as the constant bleeding tends to weaken them after some time . The spathe is bound tightly with the pliant leaflets , and bruised along its whole length three times a day for ...
... five years , though generally young trees are only tapped , as the constant bleeding tends to weaken them after some time . The spathe is bound tightly with the pliant leaflets , and bruised along its whole length three times a day for ...
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... five , each twenty feet above the ground , seventy - five in circumference , and two hundred deep within . Rows of steps lead to the bottom , where the corpses are deposited without covering , sexes apart , and children separate , all ...
... five , each twenty feet above the ground , seventy - five in circumference , and two hundred deep within . Rows of steps lead to the bottom , where the corpses are deposited without covering , sexes apart , and children separate , all ...
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... five hundred and sixty - six men ; bore a high character , and was the terror of the Indian seas . Nobly supported by his first lieutenant , William Dawson , by his officers , and by his crew , he achieved a most brilliant conquest ...
... five hundred and sixty - six men ; bore a high character , and was the terror of the Indian seas . Nobly supported by his first lieutenant , William Dawson , by his officers , and by his crew , he achieved a most brilliant conquest ...
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... five years of age . From the time of her first coming on horseback to the river - side , attended by music , her friends , Brahmans , and spectators , to the period of her lighting the pile , two hours elapsed : she evinced great ...
... five years of age . From the time of her first coming on horseback to the river - side , attended by music , her friends , Brahmans , and spectators , to the period of her lighting the pile , two hours elapsed : she evinced great ...
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... five thousand feet above the sea - level . Leaving in the afternoon for the intermediate stage of Sherwell , at the foot of the hills , through the bazaar with its usual crowd , among which English soldiers and sickly European children ...
... five thousand feet above the sea - level . Leaving in the afternoon for the intermediate stage of Sherwell , at the foot of the hills , through the bazaar with its usual crowd , among which English soldiers and sickly European children ...
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