Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 237
ornia still does. In those days thefoot-paths on the main street of Monterey werepaved with the vertebrae of whales, and to thisday a strip of this pavement survives in front ofthe old Mission Church of San Carlos de Borro-meo, Monterey. Another reminder of whaling days is the com-plete skeleton of… … the tips oflater I wasa kittens. PLOWING A RICE-FIELD WITH WATER-BUFFALOES The almost universal beast of burden in the Phil-ippine Islands is the water-buffalo. While he isstrong and a good worker, he has some peculiar-ities of which notice must be taken. The chief ofthese is his fondness for…
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