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... bank , paying rent to the river authority , a low one though , and always for an area less than they occupy . ' After fifty years of seasonal migration they had settled for good in small family groups on the bank of the Tagus . The ...
... bank , paying rent to the river authority , a low one though , and always for an area less than they occupy . ' After fifty years of seasonal migration they had settled for good in small family groups on the bank of the Tagus . The ...
Page 126
... bank on a single track gouged out of hillsides . Both banks are steep , rocky and regularly tufted with olive trees , the texture of candlewick , soft green clouds hovering above deep shadows . Where small streams bleed new colours into ...
... bank on a single track gouged out of hillsides . Both banks are steep , rocky and regularly tufted with olive trees , the texture of candlewick , soft green clouds hovering above deep shadows . Where small streams bleed new colours into ...
Page 138
... banks giving way to scrubland and lush bankside vegetation , a rare house of rush and grass on stilts , the occasional hill ... bank . As he stepped ashore we hit it hard . Joaquim ruefully bit his bearded lip and assessed the damage . A ...
... banks giving way to scrubland and lush bankside vegetation , a rare house of rush and grass on stilts , the occasional hill ... bank . As he stepped ashore we hit it hard . Joaquim ruefully bit his bearded lip and assessed the damage . A ...
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Alcântara | 1 |
Buenos Ayres and Bethlehem I I | 11 |
Candide Carcavelos and Cascais | 25 |
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