British Guiana: The Land of Six PeoplesH.M. Stationery Office, 1957 - Broj stranica: 235 |
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Stranica 14
... canals in the manner of their home - country . Then , as now , the land was over four feet below sea - level at high tide , and the canals were essential for drainage and water control . Four years after the town was planned it was ...
... canals in the manner of their home - country . Then , as now , the land was over four feet below sea - level at high tide , and the canals were essential for drainage and water control . Four years after the town was planned it was ...
Stranica 61
... canals for the shrimps which are a delicacy of the daily curry . Sometimes two women , holding their dresses high , walk along the canal with a net between them , patiently dragging the water . Their dresses are usually gay ...
... canals for the shrimps which are a delicacy of the daily curry . Sometimes two women , holding their dresses high , walk along the canal with a net between them , patiently dragging the water . Their dresses are usually gay ...
Stranica 75
... canals is high ; now and then we would see stretches of canal whose surfaces were covered with a beautiful display of lotus lilies and water hyacinths — weeds which had grown up in the few months since the mechanical dredger had passed ...
... canals is high ; now and then we would see stretches of canal whose surfaces were covered with a beautiful display of lotus lilies and water hyacinths — weeds which had grown up in the few months since the mechanical dredger had passed ...
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