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ametheextremereluctanceofthenatives―areluctancewhich
extendseventotalkuponthesubject―andbyjudiciouspersuasionand
giftsaidedIwilladmitbysomethreatsofcoercionIgottwoofthem
toactasguides.AftermanyadventureswhichIneednotdescribeand
aftertravelingadistancewhichIwillnotmentioninadirectionwhichI
withholdwecameatlasttoatractofcountrywhichhasneverbeende-
scribednorindeedvisitedsavebymyunfortunatepredecessor.Would
you kindly look at this?
He handed me a photograph―half-plate size.
Theunsatisfactoryappearanceofitisduetothefactsaidhe [link widoczny dla zalogowanych],thaton
descendingtherivertheboatwasupsetandthecasewhichcontained
theundevelopedfilmswasbrokenwithdisastrousresults.Nearlyallof
themweretotallyruined―anirreparableloss.Thisisoneofthefew
whichpartiallyescaped.Thisexplanationofdeficienciesorabnormalit-
iesyouwillkindlyaccept.Therewastalkoffaking.Iamnotinamood
to argue such a point.
Thephotographwascertainlyveryoff-colored.Anunkindcriticmight
easilyhavemisinterpretedthatdimsurface.Itwasadullgraylandscape
andasIgraduallydecipheredthedetailsofitIrealizedthatitrepresen-
tedalongandenormouslyhighlineofcliffsexactlylikeanimmense
cataractseeninthedistancewithaslopingtree-cladplaininthe
foreground.
I believe it is the same place as the painted picture syilai:
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