The World of To-day: The Marvels of Nature and the Creations of Man, Volume 1Harry Johnston, Leslie Haden Baron Haden-Guest William H. Wise & Company, 1937 |
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... forest , is the immense terrace with so glorious a view that legends place it as the scene of Christ's temptation by ... Forest of Fontainebleau with its famous palace . The forest recalls the New Forest in Hampshire but it is not so ...
... forest , is the immense terrace with so glorious a view that legends place it as the scene of Christ's temptation by ... Forest of Fontainebleau with its famous palace . The forest recalls the New Forest in Hampshire but it is not so ...
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... forest . And there is a Verderers ' Hall , where " Courts of Swainmote " are held , and an old stirrup is shown , said to have belonged to William Rufus . In olden days all dogs belonging to residents in the forests were rendered ...
... forest . And there is a Verderers ' Hall , where " Courts of Swainmote " are held , and an old stirrup is shown , said to have belonged to William Rufus . In olden days all dogs belonging to residents in the forests were rendered ...
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... forests of Canada are vast , numerous and dense , but they have suffered terribly in the past from fire , and often for scores of miles the traveller finds myriads of charred and black- ened stumps where once a noble forest cast its ...
... forests of Canada are vast , numerous and dense , but they have suffered terribly in the past from fire , and often for scores of miles the traveller finds myriads of charred and black- ened stumps where once a noble forest cast its ...
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FRANCE | 9 |
The land and the peopleA rich variety of sceneryThe | 24 |
BELGIUM | 65 |
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