The Countries of the World: Indians of North America ; Arctic regions ; Canada ; Pacific CoastCassell, 1876 |
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Page 266
... fertile tracts and thriving settlements are found ; the rest of the basin is a hopeless desert . The tract of Utah , east of the Wahsatch Mountains , is equally sterile , and we have there an area somewhat larger than Spain or Portugal ...
... fertile tracts and thriving settlements are found ; the rest of the basin is a hopeless desert . The tract of Utah , east of the Wahsatch Mountains , is equally sterile , and we have there an area somewhat larger than Spain or Portugal ...
Page 278
... fertile portions of the United States . So also will it be with many of the districts indicated in the preceding pages , and with some of that dismal region which in the older maps occupied so large a space in the interior of the ...
... fertile portions of the United States . So also will it be with many of the districts indicated in the preceding pages , and with some of that dismal region which in the older maps occupied so large a space in the interior of the ...
Page 316
... fertile portion of it is Los Angelos county , which comprises some of the best lands in the State . Towards the south - eastern border of the State is a district 70 miles wide by 140 miles long , which belongs to the Colorado River ...
... fertile portion of it is Los Angelos county , which comprises some of the best lands in the State . Towards the south - eastern border of the State is a district 70 miles wide by 140 miles long , which belongs to the Colorado River ...
Contents
THE ARCTIC REGIONS IN GENERAL | 17 |
SEA ICE GLACIERS AND ICEBERGS | 48 |
LIFE IN POLAR LANDS | 71 |
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