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 586
... rise the dumps of powdered rock , " monu- ments to the ceaseless effort to extract gold from the reef . Tall chimneys and revolving wheels , winding and unwinding on the top of high staging , are the signs and symbols of the modern gold ...
... rise the dumps of powdered rock , " monu- ments to the ceaseless effort to extract gold from the reef . Tall chimneys and revolving wheels , winding and unwinding on the top of high staging , are the signs and symbols of the modern gold ...
Page 754
... rise out of the plain like a giant's fortress , one is conscious of a magnitude of fabric infinitely surpassing anything which Europe has ever raised . . . . One emerges from the gateways , not into a town , but into empty wastes . A ...
... rise out of the plain like a giant's fortress , one is conscious of a magnitude of fabric infinitely surpassing anything which Europe has ever raised . . . . One emerges from the gateways , not into a town , but into empty wastes . A ...
Page 838
... rise as we approach , revealing high mountain ridges with sky - scraping summits . This land - wall shows an inhospitable and forbidding face , and it is only when we come close in that the channels begin to open up . Navigation is a ...
... rise as we approach , revealing high mountain ridges with sky - scraping summits . This land - wall shows an inhospitable and forbidding face , and it is only when we come close in that the channels begin to open up . Navigation is a ...
Contents
INDIA Concluded | 501 |
MALAYA BORNEO AND HONG KONG | 527 |
AUSTRALIA | 531 |
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