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Page 445
... feet now and 200 miles nearer the Equator . Trees had appeared again . We got off the train at Cusco in an atmosphere fragrant with the unforgettable perfume of burning eucalyptus . " The Navel of the World " To the Incas , Cusco was ...
... feet now and 200 miles nearer the Equator . Trees had appeared again . We got off the train at Cusco in an atmosphere fragrant with the unforgettable perfume of burning eucalyptus . " The Navel of the World " To the Incas , Cusco was ...
Page 461
... feet above the city and surveyed the ruins from high up the slope of Machu Picchu Peak . From an ancient cemetery we had an impressive view of the entire city ( pages 456-7 ) . Machu Picchu is famous for lighting effects . Because of ...
... feet above the city and surveyed the ruins from high up the slope of Machu Picchu Peak . From an ancient cemetery we had an impressive view of the entire city ( pages 456-7 ) . Machu Picchu is famous for lighting effects . Because of ...
Page 465
... feet high topped with a thick rosette of narrow , heavily spined leaves 4 feet long , from the center of which rose a flowering stalk 8 feet in circumference and over 20 feet long , covered with thousands of waxy white flowers . The ...
... feet high topped with a thick rosette of narrow , heavily spined leaves 4 feet long , from the center of which rose a flowering stalk 8 feet in circumference and over 20 feet long , covered with thousands of waxy white flowers . The ...
Contents
Copraship Voyage to Fijis Outlying Islands By Marjory C Thomas 121 | viii |
Delmarva Gift of the Sea By Catherine Bell Palmer With 21 illustrations in color | xix |
Lake Sunapees Golden Trout 14 illustrations in color from naturalcolor photographs | xxvi |
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