The Countries of the World: Middle East ; Africa ; EuropeCassell, 1876 |
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... chief European settlements are those of the French , both Portugal and Great Britain have colonies . Farther south is Sierra Leone , a British pos- session , though one can scarcely class it as a colony , almost the only white people in ...
... chief European settlements are those of the French , both Portugal and Great Britain have colonies . Farther south is Sierra Leone , a British pos- session , though one can scarcely class it as a colony , almost the only white people in ...
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... chief British settlement ( p . 129 ) . Situated at the mouth of the Lagos River , pro- tected by an island in a lagoon and by spits of land from the swell of the Atlantic , it has attracted to it so considerable a trade in sugar ...
... chief British settlement ( p . 129 ) . Situated at the mouth of the Lagos River , pro- tected by an island in a lagoon and by spits of land from the swell of the Atlantic , it has attracted to it so considerable a trade in sugar ...
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... Chief of the Iroquois . Red Jacket : The Last of the Senecas . In Red Indian Trails . Uncrowning a King . Two Boys in Wyoming . Scouts and Comrades , or Tecumseh , Chief of the Shawanoes . Klondike Nuggets . Cowmen and Rustlers . A ...
... Chief of the Iroquois . Red Jacket : The Last of the Senecas . In Red Indian Trails . Uncrowning a King . Two Boys in Wyoming . Scouts and Comrades , or Tecumseh , Chief of the Shawanoes . Klondike Nuggets . Cowmen and Rustlers . A ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Sultans Principal Palace on the Bosphorus | 9 |
TURKEY PROPER | 15 |
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