Joly, N. (Nicolas), 1812-1885 · London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. · leaf 135
lv along the banks of the rivers, but also on land,and even in the vast forests which cover the interior ofthe country, and in places where there can be no risk offloods. With resrard to America, we know that in order moresurely to avoid hostile attacks, the Aztecs raised theirhouses of cane and… … Fig. 37. Tkansviciisk. section of an Iiusii niANxooK. (After Lubbock.) crannofjes of Ireland (tig. 37) and the lake dwellings ofSwitzerland. Lastly, on their arrival in the New World, the Spaniardssaw on the lagoon of JNIaracaibo a kind of village entirelybuilt on piles, a little wooden Venice,…
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