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 6
... owing to the rapidity of the current and the amount of sediment they are continually bearing down to the sea , are apt to get shoaled up here and there , and , accordingly , have a very variable depth . The San Juan is perhaps the river ...
... owing to the rapidity of the current and the amount of sediment they are continually bearing down to the sea , are apt to get shoaled up here and there , and , accordingly , have a very variable depth . The San Juan is perhaps the river ...
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... owing to their having little acquaintance with any other kinds . This sulphury character of the lake , as well as the numerous mineral springs and other similar subterranean phenomena , are doubtless owing to the intensely volcanic ...
... owing to their having little acquaintance with any other kinds . This sulphury character of the lake , as well as the numerous mineral springs and other similar subterranean phenomena , are doubtless owing to the intensely volcanic ...
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... owing to the attack of a grub and the ravages of cattle . Sheep , so successfully reared in the breezy uplands , near the snow - patched volcanoes and lava - fields , are threatened with a depreciation in their wool , owing to the ...
... owing to the attack of a grub and the ravages of cattle . Sheep , so successfully reared in the breezy uplands , near the snow - patched volcanoes and lava - fields , are threatened with a depreciation in their wool , owing to the ...
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