 ... from a little hill which was about a quarter of a league away. For the mortar for these foundations it was not necessary to haul water, because by means of the irrigation ditches we very easily conducted the water where we wished.  Spain in the West - Page 2361919Full view - About this book
 | Herbert Eugene Bolton - America - 1921 - 382 pages
...and very good stones of tezontle, * from a little hill which was about a quarter of a league away. For the mortar for these foundations it was not necessary...we wished. And that house, with its great court and 1 A porous stone much used by Mexicans for building. garden nearby, will be able to have throughout... | |
 | Allen Johnson - United States - 1921 - 352 pages
...and very good stones of tezontle, I from a little hill which was about a quarter of a league away. For the mortar for these foundations it was not necessary...we wished. And that house, with its great court and 1 A porous stone much used by Mexicans for building. garden nearby, will be able to have throughout... | |
 | Mary Lucida Savage - 1923 - 352 pages
...for the future is evident from the manner in which the work was carried on: For the mortar for the foundations, it was not necessary to haul water, because by means of irrigation ditches, we very easily conducted the water where we wished. And that house with its great... | |
 | Daniel Sargent - Catholics - 1940 - 280 pages
...away. For the mortar for these foundations it was not necessary to carry water, because by means of irrigation ditches we very easily conducted the water where we wished. And that house, with its court and garden nearby, will be able to have throughout the year all the water it may need, running... | |
 | 1928 - 482 pages
...hauling many and very good tezontle from a little hill which was about a quarter of a league away. For the mortar for these foundations it was not necessary...wished, and that house, with its great court and garden nearby, will be able to have throughout the year all the water it may need, running to any place or... | |
 | United States - 1921 - 382 pages
...and very good stones of tezontle, J from a little hill which was about a quarter of a league away. For the mortar for these foundations it was not necessary...we wished. And that house, with its great court and 1 A porous stone much used by Mexicans for building. garden nearby, will be able to have throughout... | |
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