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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Page 173
... pass through a succession of little fishing villages with arched streets so narrow that a carriage can scarcely pass . At the outset we are in the centre of the flower trade , which supplied most of Europe before the war . It is now ...
... pass through a succession of little fishing villages with arched streets so narrow that a carriage can scarcely pass . At the outset we are in the centre of the flower trade , which supplied most of Europe before the war . It is now ...
Page 435
... pass delightfully picturesque villages lying low on the water's edge ; we pass the mouth of many a lovely glen ; the shoreland at many spots is especially attractive , the greys and browns of rock and lichen alternate with rich green of ...
... pass delightfully picturesque villages lying low on the water's edge ; we pass the mouth of many a lovely glen ; the shoreland at many spots is especially attractive , the greys and browns of rock and lichen alternate with rich green of ...
Page 471
... Pass . From now on it is Switzerland all over again , new ranges of mountains , loftier and still loftier peaks - one of them , Sir Don- ald ( 10,808 feet ) , named after the late Lord Strathcona . Hence the Bow River is followed nearly ...
... Pass . From now on it is Switzerland all over again , new ranges of mountains , loftier and still loftier peaks - one of them , Sir Don- ald ( 10,808 feet ) , named after the late Lord Strathcona . Hence the Bow River is followed nearly ...
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FRANCE | 9 |
The land and the peopleA rich variety of sceneryThe | 24 |
BELGIUM | 65 |
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