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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... Port Elizabeth is to pass through a land of most varied scenery - a diversity of hill and plain , forest and river , deep precipitous gorges and mountains , which seem to play a sort of will - o ' - the - wisp with us , now distant ...
... Port Elizabeth is to pass through a land of most varied scenery - a diversity of hill and plain , forest and river , deep precipitous gorges and mountains , which seem to play a sort of will - o ' - the - wisp with us , now distant ...
Page 610
... Port Saïd are drained , but the rest of the country remains in a state that would appal an English sanitary ... Port Saïd Port Saïd used to be reckoned the wickedest town in the world , but has either reformed or been surpassed by modern ...
... Port Saïd are drained , but the rest of the country remains in a state that would appal an English sanitary ... Port Saïd Port Saïd used to be reckoned the wickedest town in the world , but has either reformed or been surpassed by modern ...
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... Port Saïd lighthouse , which stands in the town , is perhaps the largest in the world , 174 feet high and visible for four and twenty miles . Most of the traffic to and from the East converges on Port Saïd , and there are often dozens ...
... Port Saïd lighthouse , which stands in the town , is perhaps the largest in the world , 174 feet high and visible for four and twenty miles . Most of the traffic to and from the East converges on Port Saïd , and there are often dozens ...
Contents
INDIA Concluded | 501 |
MALAYA BORNEO AND HONG KONG | 527 |
AUSTRALIA | 531 |
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