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 200
... present as regularly cultivated in any part of Paraguay , though in former times the Jesuits made great plantations in the vicinity of their settlements . At Santiago , it is said , that a grove of no less than 20,000 trees flourished ...
... present as regularly cultivated in any part of Paraguay , though in former times the Jesuits made great plantations in the vicinity of their settlements . At Santiago , it is said , that a grove of no less than 20,000 trees flourished ...
Page 168
... present ones . Thus it is proved that in New Zealand , from the earliest period at which the country had assumed an approximation to its present form , great wingless birds were characteristic of its animal inhabitants ; and in ...
... present ones . Thus it is proved that in New Zealand , from the earliest period at which the country had assumed an approximation to its present form , great wingless birds were characteristic of its animal inhabitants ; and in ...
Page 204
... present the Adelaide magnates control it and dispose of its lands . It contains about 500,000 square miles , but with the exception of a few settle- ments of little importance on the coast , the aborigines have it all to themselves . A ...
... present the Adelaide magnates control it and dispose of its lands . It contains about 500,000 square miles , but with the exception of a few settle- ments of little importance on the coast , the aborigines have it all to themselves . A ...
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