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 29
... frequently get split and rent by the force of the current , are also sawed off , when they are ready for shipping . " The wages of the men engaged in this business in both British Honduras and the republic of the same name are about the ...
... frequently get split and rent by the force of the current , are also sawed off , when they are ready for shipping . " The wages of the men engaged in this business in both British Honduras and the republic of the same name are about the ...
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... frequently to be met with . The evergreen beech , looked upon by the earlier voyagers as a myrtle , is on the whole the tree most frequently seen from the westward of Port Famine , throughout the Strait and along the west coast of ...
... frequently to be met with . The evergreen beech , looked upon by the earlier voyagers as a myrtle , is on the whole the tree most frequently seen from the westward of Port Famine , throughout the Strait and along the west coast of ...
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... frequently kidnapped by the traders , and carried by force to the pearl islands in the strait . It is not , however , pearls , but pearl - shells , which are sought by these divers , who are in the employ of Sydney capitalists . The ...
... frequently kidnapped by the traders , and carried by force to the pearl islands in the strait . It is not , however , pearls , but pearl - shells , which are sought by these divers , who are in the employ of Sydney capitalists . The ...
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