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THE GOLDEN RIVER. 
globes that shone like strange fruit in the 
branches. In the daytime there were few 
women of the better class about. They kept to 
their shaded houses till the heat of the day was 
over, and then emerged, very fresh and spot¬ 
less, to walk in the square and see their friends. 
We wandered about during the day, up the 
uneven streets, and leaving the few better 
houses with walled gardens behind we made our 
way down to the river. It 
is very wide here, and 
forms the / boundary 
between X ypr Argentina 
and the low wooded 
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