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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... lake were becoming depopulated , while the weakness of the victims and the apathy of the sur- vivors invited an invasion of leopards , who preyed with daring and impunity upon the living , the dying and the dead . It was thought that ...
... lake were becoming depopulated , while the weakness of the victims and the apathy of the sur- vivors invited an invasion of leopards , who preyed with daring and impunity upon the living , the dying and the dead . It was thought that ...
Page 613
... Lake Timsâh , known as the Lake of the Crocodiles ; the Mount of Miriam , where the Arabs say she retired when punished with leprosy for disapproving of Moses ' marriage with an Ethiopian woman ; the Bitter Lakes , called Marah in the ...
... Lake Timsâh , known as the Lake of the Crocodiles ; the Mount of Miriam , where the Arabs say she retired when punished with leprosy for disapproving of Moses ' marriage with an Ethiopian woman ; the Bitter Lakes , called Marah in the ...
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... Lake City ( pop . 140,267 ) the capital of the State , is among the most finely built cities in the country . Its ... Lake Salt Lake City is thus named , of course , because of its loca- tion on the shores of Great Salt Lake , another of ...
... Lake City ( pop . 140,267 ) the capital of the State , is among the most finely built cities in the country . Its ... Lake Salt Lake City is thus named , of course , because of its loca- tion on the shores of Great Salt Lake , another of ...
Contents
INDIA Concluded | 501 |
MALAYA BORNEO AND HONG KONG | 527 |
AUSTRALIA | 531 |
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