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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Page 635
... present there are less than ten persons to a square mile , the town dwellers and nomads cannot combine , and there is still a feeling of insecurity , but pilgrim centres of great sanctity and the fertility of the soil attract immigrants ...
... present there are less than ten persons to a square mile , the town dwellers and nomads cannot combine , and there is still a feeling of insecurity , but pilgrim centres of great sanctity and the fertility of the soil attract immigrants ...
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... present is estimated at over 1,000,000 , and since Moscow has become the capital it is very much overcrowded . A Musical People The subject of Russian music and Russian opera is too large to treat of here , but while there are peasants ...
... present is estimated at over 1,000,000 , and since Moscow has become the capital it is very much overcrowded . A Musical People The subject of Russian music and Russian opera is too large to treat of here , but while there are peasants ...
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... present threats of being submerged . The Balta is under water for four or five months and often presents the appearance of one huge lake , from which only the top branches of the willows emerge . But the strange natives have ...
... present threats of being submerged . The Balta is under water for four or five months and often presents the appearance of one huge lake , from which only the top branches of the willows emerge . But the strange natives have ...
Contents
INDIA Concluded | 501 |
MALAYA BORNEO AND HONG KONG | 527 |
AUSTRALIA | 531 |
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