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 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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... lakes , almost as straight as the crow flies . The openings in the forest are as flat as a carpet , and the trees felled in its innermost depths can be carted down to the sawmill on easy sledges drawn by a pony . The days last only a ...
... lakes , almost as straight as the crow flies . The openings in the forest are as flat as a carpet , and the trees felled in its innermost depths can be carted down to the sawmill on easy sledges drawn by a pony . The days last only a ...
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... lakes smaller ones abound , spread over the whole face of the country . It is a common saying that you cannot stand on any given spot in these districts without having a lake in view somewhere , if not , indeed , several in succes- sion ...
... lakes smaller ones abound , spread over the whole face of the country . It is a common saying that you cannot stand on any given spot in these districts without having a lake in view somewhere , if not , indeed , several in succes- sion ...
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INDIA Concluded | 501 |
MALAYA BORNEO AND HONG KONG | 527 |
AUSTRALIA | 531 |
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