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grim stern or forbidding in action or appearance.

hazy obscured or made dim or cloudy by or as if by haze.

harbor a part of a body of water protected and deep enough to furnish anchorage; especially : one with port facilities.

lane a relatively narrow way or track.

lousy miserably poor or inferior.

Peru country W S. America; a republic capital Lima area 496,222 square miles (1,285,215 square kilometers), population 22,916,000.

river a natural stream of water of usually considerable volume.

swamp a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water.

swarthy of a dark color, complexion, or cast.

tedia the quality or state of being tedious.