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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... hundred and forty - three acres , one hundred and eighty - five are covered by lakes and reservoirs , and four hundred by groves wherein over half a million trees and shrubs have been planted . Within the park are ten and a quarter ...
... hundred and forty - three acres , one hundred and eighty - five are covered by lakes and reservoirs , and four hundred by groves wherein over half a million trees and shrubs have been planted . Within the park are ten and a quarter ...
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... hundred churches , many noble build- ings , streets that are very narrow and streets that are very wide ; all ... hundreds of years this great structure remained unfinished until the nine- teenth century , when after the Franco - German ...
... hundred churches , many noble build- ings , streets that are very narrow and streets that are very wide ; all ... hundreds of years this great structure remained unfinished until the nine- teenth century , when after the Franco - German ...
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... hundred and fifty million to cattle - raising . The exports to the United Kingdom of mutton and frozen meat are ... hundreds for the exigencies of the harvest demand the importation of much extra labour . But as in the case of the lands ...
... hundred and fifty million to cattle - raising . The exports to the United Kingdom of mutton and frozen meat are ... hundreds for the exigencies of the harvest demand the importation of much extra labour . But as in the case of the lands ...
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INDIA Concluded | 501 |
MALAYA BORNEO AND HONG KONG | 527 |
AUSTRALIA | 531 |
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