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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 353

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hink we have no coasting in Cuba becausetiiere is no snow and the winters are not even cold; butgive us a grassy hill, a sled made of the stem of the palmleaf called a yagua which is about five feet long bythree feet wide, with a rounding bottom and curving front,and we are ready for fun. One day,… … cattle. by DONALD F. CARLISLE, AGE 14. at that hill; but who wants to go back and get them ?Then it was that Jose distinguished himself. Why notuse a yagua, said he. We .all agree it is the best thingever. The hill is steep and covered with espartilla, avery wiry grass and just the thing we want. I…

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