Hatos de ganado, from thirty to forty thousand head of horses and oxen. The mules would be still more numerous, if so many of them did not perish on the highways from the excessive fatigues of journeys of several months. Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain - Էջ 50Alexander von Humboldt - 1811 - 1687 էջԱմբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
| Alexander von Humboldt - 1824 - 376 էջ
...excellent qualities as the horses of Chili ; both descend, as it is pretended, from the Arab race ; they wander wild in herds, in the savannahs of the...alone, employs annually nearly 70,000 mules. More than 5,000 are employed for purposes of luxury in the carriages of the city of Mexico. The cultivation of... | |
| Friedrich Wilhelm H. Alexander freiherr von Humboldt - 1824 - 364 էջ
...excellent qualities as the horses of Chili ; both descend, as it is pretended, from the Arab race ; they wander wild in herds, in the savannahs of the...alone, employs annually nearly 70,000 mules. More than 5,000 are employed for purposes of luxury in the carriages of the city of Mexico. The cultivation of... | |
| James Bell - 1831 - 778 էջ
...Many Mexican families possess in their hatos de ganado from 30,000 to 40,000 head of oxen and horses. The mules would be still more numerous, if so many of them did not perish on the highway, from the excessive fatigue of journeys of several months' continuance. The commerce of Vera... | |
| AMERICAN WEALTH - 1833 - 228 էջ
...importance. • Many Mexican families possess from thirty to forty thousand head of oxen and horses. The mules would be still more numerous, if so many of them did not perish on the highway, from the excessive fatigue of journeys of several months' continuance. The commerce of Vera... | |
| Thomas Jefferson Farnham - 1846 - 80 էջ
...Arabian extraction. Many Mexican families possess from 30,000 to 40,000 head of horses and cattle. The mules would be still more numerous, if so many of them did not perish on the highways from over labour. The commerce of Vera Cruz alone employs 70,000 mules and 5000 are employed in the carriages... | |
| Sir Thomas Mitchell, Thomas Livingstone Mitchell - 1850 - 292 էջ
...Chili ; both are said to be of Arabian extraction. What are the chief beasts of burden ? Mules, which would be still more numerous if so many of them did not perish on the high-way, from the excessively fatiguing journeys of several months continuance. The commerce of Vera... | |
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