The Countries of the World: Middle East ; Africa ; EuropeCassell, 1876 |
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... live in towns , or engage in any other occupation save the rudest agriculture . The flat country between the highlands , or El - Mokâdah , of " Habessinia " -derived from the Arab Habesh , signifying mixture or confusion has no very ...
... live in towns , or engage in any other occupation save the rudest agriculture . The flat country between the highlands , or El - Mokâdah , of " Habessinia " -derived from the Arab Habesh , signifying mixture or confusion has no very ...
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... live in the upper basin of the pretty St. John's River , and the Pondos , who are over 200,000 in number , in the lower part of the same river , and on the immediate coast . Griqualand East , or Adam Kok's Land , sometimes called No ...
... live in the upper basin of the pretty St. John's River , and the Pondos , who are over 200,000 in number , in the lower part of the same river , and on the immediate coast . Griqualand East , or Adam Kok's Land , sometimes called No ...
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... live within its bounds . It is built , like many new " cities , " with an eye to futurity . Its streets are broad , its squares spacious , and its limits architecturally on a very fine scale . But in the broad streets there are not many ...
... live within its bounds . It is built , like many new " cities , " with an eye to futurity . Its streets are broad , its squares spacious , and its limits architecturally on a very fine scale . But in the broad streets there are not many ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Sultans Principal Palace on the Bosphorus | 9 |
TURKEY PROPER | 15 |
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