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 314
... soil . Only China , perhaps Japan , and some portions of India , afford in modern times a parallel to the extreme utilisation of the soil which was effected in Peru at the time of the Inca empire . The Peruvian coast is , indeed , so ...
... soil . Only China , perhaps Japan , and some portions of India , afford in modern times a parallel to the extreme utilisation of the soil which was effected in Peru at the time of the Inca empire . The Peruvian coast is , indeed , so ...
Page 123
... soil where it had fallen . in ages past , though the trees from which it exuded have long ago disappeared in many parts where the gum bears witness to their former presence . The soil in which it is found being invariably barren , the ...
... soil where it had fallen . in ages past , though the trees from which it exuded have long ago disappeared in many parts where the gum bears witness to their former presence . The soil in which it is found being invariably barren , the ...
Page 202
... soil is getting impoverished and the farmer ceasing to be anything save a wheat grower , without enterprise or ambition , though orderly , industrious , and self - supporting . Most of the farmers own their land , but the tenant system ...
... soil is getting impoverished and the farmer ceasing to be anything save a wheat grower , without enterprise or ambition , though orderly , industrious , and self - supporting . Most of the farmers own their land , but the tenant system ...
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