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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... fertile . There are other portions of these plains which are mere saline or brackish marshes , or dry , salt - white wastes , evidences of the former position of an island sea , when the country was lower than it is at present . Mr ...
... fertile . There are other portions of these plains which are mere saline or brackish marshes , or dry , salt - white wastes , evidences of the former position of an island sea , when the country was lower than it is at present . Mr ...
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... fertile , and their highest peaks in many cases capped with snow ; the wild dells , and the rich tropical vegetation , contrasted with Alpine scenery , giving such islands a most picturesque aspect ( p.13 ) . The Median Polynesian ...
... fertile , and their highest peaks in many cases capped with snow ; the wild dells , and the rich tropical vegetation , contrasted with Alpine scenery , giving such islands a most picturesque aspect ( p.13 ) . The Median Polynesian ...
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... fertile nor so well wooded . The inhabitants number about 22,000 , and owing to their enterprise , intelligence , and capacity for colonisation and association , have been called the Anglo - Saxons of the Pacific . Their Government ...
... fertile nor so well wooded . The inhabitants number about 22,000 , and owing to their enterprise , intelligence , and capacity for colonisation and association , have been called the Anglo - Saxons of the Pacific . Their Government ...
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