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... feet above the sea level , and is a rocky and barren structure from its beginning to about six miles before Tecax , where a stratum of rich vegetable soil begins to appear . There is another branch of hills forming a broken chain that ...
... feet above the sea level , and is a rocky and barren structure from its beginning to about six miles before Tecax , where a stratum of rich vegetable soil begins to appear . There is another branch of hills forming a broken chain that ...
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... feet above the sea level and 28 miles from Progreso . The ground goes on rising with a smooth grading for eigh- teen miles more , at the end of which the surface becomes more and more rugged , so that in the railroad lines , cuts fifteen ...
... feet above the sea level and 28 miles from Progreso . The ground goes on rising with a smooth grading for eigh- teen miles more , at the end of which the surface becomes more and more rugged , so that in the railroad lines , cuts fifteen ...
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... feet . At the first Sierra in Muna , Ticul , and Tekax they are 90 feet deep . Beyond the first Sierra in the region of fine rich lands , once the seat of flourishing cities , the ruins of which are silent witnesses of the high degree ...
... feet . At the first Sierra in Muna , Ticul , and Tekax they are 90 feet deep . Beyond the first Sierra in the region of fine rich lands , once the seat of flourishing cities , the ruins of which are silent witnesses of the high degree ...
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... feet deep , in the thirties of the last century at the cost of $ 1,500 , an enormous sum in those days . Fifteen miles to the southwest of Sabacché is the hacienda Yaxché , half - way between Santa Helena and Bolonchen , 27 miles apart ...
... feet deep , in the thirties of the last century at the cost of $ 1,500 , an enormous sum in those days . Fifteen miles to the southwest of Sabacché is the hacienda Yaxché , half - way between Santa Helena and Bolonchen , 27 miles apart ...
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... feet above the level of the plain on which Merida and the centre districts stand , the wells are only eighteen feet deep ; and those of Sotuta in the centre of the state are twenty - seven feet deep . Both places are built on low ...
... feet above the level of the plain on which Merida and the centre districts stand , the wells are only eighteen feet deep ; and those of Sotuta in the centre of the state are twenty - seven feet deep . Both places are built on low ...
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