The World of To-day: The Marvels of Nature and the Creations of Man, Volume 2Harry Johnston, Leslie Haden Baron Haden-Guest William H. Wise & Company, 1937 |
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... called Shark Bay , but the labour has proved worthy of the risks , for Westralia provides more than three - quarters of the world's supply . On the north - west coast there are turtles in great numbers yielding precious and beautiful ...
... called Shark Bay , but the labour has proved worthy of the risks , for Westralia provides more than three - quarters of the world's supply . On the north - west coast there are turtles in great numbers yielding precious and beautiful ...
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... called Van Diemen's Land , the fair island State of the Commonwealth , with fields and gardens of old - world greenness . It has a harbour at Hobart that rivals Sydney in beauty though geographically less accessible . The city climbs up ...
... called Van Diemen's Land , the fair island State of the Commonwealth , with fields and gardens of old - world greenness . It has a harbour at Hobart that rivals Sydney in beauty though geographically less accessible . The city climbs up ...
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... called " Jan Kees , " a term applied in old Flanders to persons from Holland . New Englanders were referred to as Yankees in Boston about 1765 , but as early as 1713 this name appeared in the slang of Cam- bridge , Mass . During the ...
... called " Jan Kees , " a term applied in old Flanders to persons from Holland . New Englanders were referred to as Yankees in Boston about 1765 , but as early as 1713 this name appeared in the slang of Cam- bridge , Mass . During the ...
Contents
INDIA Concluded | 501 |
MALAYA BORNEO AND HONG KONG | 527 |
AUSTRALIA | 531 |
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