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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Page 306
... coast . " Neither was it lawful to kill them at any time , either on the islands or elsewhere , also on pain of death . Each island was , by order of the Incas , set apart for the use of a particular province , and the guano was fairly ...
... coast . " Neither was it lawful to kill them at any time , either on the islands or elsewhere , also on pain of death . Each island was , by order of the Incas , set apart for the use of a particular province , and the guano was fairly ...
Page 155
... coast , which is much broken , the 8,000 miles of coast - line is singularly uniform and devoid of harbours . The conformation of the country leads us to the belief that at one time it was the bed of an inland sea , in which the ...
... coast , which is much broken , the 8,000 miles of coast - line is singularly uniform and devoid of harbours . The conformation of the country leads us to the belief that at one time it was the bed of an inland sea , in which the ...
Page 156
... coast are perennial , and are , some of them , navigable for small vessels fifty to seventy miles inland ; but those of the west coast are often during the dry season mere chains of water - holes , separated by dry sand intervals , over ...
... coast are perennial , and are , some of them , navigable for small vessels fifty to seventy miles inland ; but those of the west coast are often during the dry season mere chains of water - holes , separated by dry sand intervals , over ...
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