The Countries of the World: Middle East ; Africa ; EuropeCassell, 1876 |
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Page 55
... walls can be traced by mounds thirty feet above the surrounding level . They still enclose a considerable area in which corn is grown , and to which the old gateway is yet to be detected , while the traveller , as he rides through the ...
... walls can be traced by mounds thirty feet above the surrounding level . They still enclose a considerable area in which corn is grown , and to which the old gateway is yet to be detected , while the traveller , as he rides through the ...
Page 149
... walls of this basin being sur- rounded by wall - like " reefs . " Underground expensive blasting and digging operations are going on , and , overhead , steam - engines and cars raise " the blue " and spread it out on the " veldt " to be ...
... walls of this basin being sur- rounded by wall - like " reefs . " Underground expensive blasting and digging operations are going on , and , overhead , steam - engines and cars raise " the blue " and spread it out on the " veldt " to be ...
Page 210
... wall 240 miles in length , and though practi- cally continued by the Cantabrian Mountains for 260 miles more , this portion of the system differs from the main range in being steepest towards the north instead of towards the south ...
... wall 240 miles in length , and though practi- cally continued by the Cantabrian Mountains for 260 miles more , this portion of the system differs from the main range in being steepest towards the north instead of towards the south ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Sultans Principal Palace on the Bosphorus | 9 |
TURKEY PROPER | 15 |
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