Mr. Aguilar eventually pulled a young gator from the river bottom, and I snapped a photo.

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They chased and terrified a young Moroccan man, then pushed him into the river where he drowned.

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Last Sunday, I witnessed millions of bedraggled men, women and children, young and old, on their way to a holy bath trudging towards the river silently carrying their bare belongings in sacks and cheap rexine bags.

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Continue along Pontocho, past the theatre where geisha perform public dances in autumn and spring, and you will come out near the river again and Sanjo Bridge, where much of young Kyoto is hastening towards a night on the town, or waiting for dates near the temple commemorating 39 noblewomen and children executed along the riverbank.

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When my children were young we especially savored Newport House , a lovely Georgian big house on the banks of the Newport River nestled in the village of Newport, County Mayo.

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