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 103
... grow and grow till they become streams , and then uniting , form rivers . In fact , the whole land is full of springs , and the map indicates the course of one thousand and sixty rivers , all navigable , of which seven are of the first ...
... grow and grow till they become streams , and then uniting , form rivers . In fact , the whole land is full of springs , and the map indicates the course of one thousand and sixty rivers , all navigable , of which seven are of the first ...
Page 132
... grow obliquely downwards - and the Carnauba palm ( Copernicia cerifera ) . Of the latter every part serves some use , while from the leaves is extracted a wax which is exported to the amount of £ 150,000 annually . The very numerous ...
... grow obliquely downwards - and the Carnauba palm ( Copernicia cerifera ) . Of the latter every part serves some use , while from the leaves is extracted a wax which is exported to the amount of £ 150,000 annually . The very numerous ...
Page 110
... growing does not pay , unless a farmer can get all his labour done by his own family , and , as a consequence , Nelson did not- whatever it may do now - a few years ago grow enough wheat for its own consumption . " But , " writes a ...
... growing does not pay , unless a farmer can get all his labour done by his own family , and , as a consequence , Nelson did not- whatever it may do now - a few years ago grow enough wheat for its own consumption . " But , " writes a ...
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