The Countries of the World: Being a Popular Description of the Various Continents, Islands, Rivers, Seas, and Peoples of the Globe, Volumes 3-4Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1892 |
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... carrying great burdens by means of bonds or straps passed round their fore- heads . In the days before the Conquest there were no beasts of burden ; hence all loads had to be carried in this manner . Yet , though there is now an ...
... carrying great burdens by means of bonds or straps passed round their fore- heads . In the days before the Conquest there were no beasts of burden ; hence all loads had to be carried in this manner . Yet , though there is now an ...
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... carrying off the inhabitants to be sold as slaves . For long an active traffic in these captives was carried on with Jamaica , until the coast became deserted , or the Indian inhabitants purchased security from attack by paying tribute ...
... carrying off the inhabitants to be sold as slaves . For long an active traffic in these captives was carried on with Jamaica , until the coast became deserted , or the Indian inhabitants purchased security from attack by paying tribute ...
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... carried upon the extreme tips of the toes , the terminal bones of which are expanded within the hoof to increase the ... carrying the weight of the front parts of its body . In the Perissodactylate Rhinoceros the horn or horns is or are ...
... carried upon the extreme tips of the toes , the terminal bones of which are expanded within the hoof to increase the ... carrying the weight of the front parts of its body . In the Perissodactylate Rhinoceros the horn or horns is or are ...
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