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 543
... rich , and the total of its mineral wealth , already mined , or now clearly available , almost staggers credulity . During fifty - five years Australia produced mineral wealth almost equivalent to the British National Debt . The ...
... rich , and the total of its mineral wealth , already mined , or now clearly available , almost staggers credulity . During fifty - five years Australia produced mineral wealth almost equivalent to the British National Debt . The ...
Page 785
... rich black and brown earth with a border of clay , along the Crimean coast , which broad- ens out and replaces the richer soil in the neighbourhood of the Urals . If we except the frozen north - west passage Russia has but two outlets ...
... rich black and brown earth with a border of clay , along the Crimean coast , which broad- ens out and replaces the richer soil in the neighbourhood of the Urals . If we except the frozen north - west passage Russia has but two outlets ...
Page 794
... rich in songs re- lating to peasant life in all its phases , and especially rich in those which relate to marriage , its ceremonials and ( from the woman's point of view ) its sorrows ; for the patriarchal system which forces the young ...
... rich in songs re- lating to peasant life in all its phases , and especially rich in those which relate to marriage , its ceremonials and ( from the woman's point of view ) its sorrows ; for the patriarchal system which forces the young ...
Contents
INDIA Concluded | 501 |
MALAYA BORNEO AND HONG KONG | 527 |
AUSTRALIA | 531 |
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