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 303
... exist several of these plates , which are simple sheets of pure gold , beaten as thin as fine note - paper . in some ... exists in the southern departments , and is shipped from Iquique and other small ports . Its uses are many , but it ...
... exist several of these plates , which are simple sheets of pure gold , beaten as thin as fine note - paper . in some ... exists in the southern departments , and is shipped from Iquique and other small ports . Its uses are many , but it ...
Page 199
... exist was purchased , to the extent of 20,000 acres , by two companies , known as the Nobs and the Snobs , from the supposed aristocratic or plebeian tendencies of the different shareholders . Forced by the very democratic want of cash ...
... exist was purchased , to the extent of 20,000 acres , by two companies , known as the Nobs and the Snobs , from the supposed aristocratic or plebeian tendencies of the different shareholders . Forced by the very democratic want of cash ...
Page 232
... exist in every other part of the world . But , on the other hand , it has the mound - making brush turkeys the lyre birds ( p . 20 ) , the honeysuckers , the cockatoos , and the brush- tongued lories , which are found nowhere else in ...
... exist in every other part of the world . But , on the other hand , it has the mound - making brush turkeys the lyre birds ( p . 20 ) , the honeysuckers , the cockatoos , and the brush- tongued lories , which are found nowhere else in ...
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