The Countries of the World: Middle East ; Africa ; EuropeCassell, 1876 |
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Page 127
... course of this drainer of the western watershed of inner Africa is as yet only partially explored , but it is known that , in addition to the trading posts and native villages on its lower course , Salaha , or Paraha , a com- mercial ...
... course of this drainer of the western watershed of inner Africa is as yet only partially explored , but it is known that , in addition to the trading posts and native villages on its lower course , Salaha , or Paraha , a com- mercial ...
Page 155
... course of the last forty or fifty years they have been moved up and down South Africa . Their present country has been acquired , partly by conquest and partly by colonisation , the ancestors of the present inhabitants having fled to it ...
... course of the last forty or fifty years they have been moved up and down South Africa . Their present country has been acquired , partly by conquest and partly by colonisation , the ancestors of the present inhabitants having fled to it ...
Page 211
... course from the interior of the continent . All of them are tidal rivers , and hence have an advantage over those of the Mediterranean , the Black Sea , and the Caspian , which , possessing no marked tides , are not widened out at their ...
... course from the interior of the continent . All of them are tidal rivers , and hence have an advantage over those of the Mediterranean , the Black Sea , and the Caspian , which , possessing no marked tides , are not widened out at their ...
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CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Sultans Principal Palace on the Bosphorus | 9 |
TURKEY PROPER | 15 |
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