The Countries of the World: Middle East ; Africa ; EuropeCassell, 1876 |
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... gold and silver , with remains of Roman mining works , and traces of a busy population who for some unexplained reason had deserted the country while the supplies of ore were still unexhausted . Gold dust was also washed out of the ...
... gold and silver , with remains of Roman mining works , and traces of a busy population who for some unexplained reason had deserted the country while the supplies of ore were still unexhausted . Gold dust was also washed out of the ...
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... GOLD COAST . Still voyaging down the shores of Africa , we come to the Gold Coast , so called because from this region was secured in early times the gold - dust which was the chief source of the world's supply of that metal , and from ...
... GOLD COAST . Still voyaging down the shores of Africa , we come to the Gold Coast , so called because from this region was secured in early times the gold - dust which was the chief source of the world's supply of that metal , and from ...
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... Gold - digging is still pursued in an irregular , unscientific fashion on the coast , especially in the vicinity of the Volta , where the soil is pitted by the holes dug by the prospectors . * But the climate is too trying for an ...
... Gold - digging is still pursued in an irregular , unscientific fashion on the coast , especially in the vicinity of the Volta , where the soil is pitted by the holes dug by the prospectors . * But the climate is too trying for an ...
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CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Sultans Principal Palace on the Bosphorus | 9 |
TURKEY PROPER | 15 |
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