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 577
... vast plains sparsely sprinkled with stunted and shrivelled shrubs , a vast realm of silence and deceptive mir- ages and incredibly bare hills . From time to time we cross the dry beds of rivers which flow only a few weeks of the year ...
... vast plains sparsely sprinkled with stunted and shrivelled shrubs , a vast realm of silence and deceptive mir- ages and incredibly bare hills . From time to time we cross the dry beds of rivers which flow only a few weeks of the year ...
Page 838
... vast numbers of visitors every year . Amongst the most popular with tourists are Kristianiafjord , Buknfjord ( or Bukkenfjord ) with its two chief arms , the Stavanger and Lyse- fjords , the Hardangerfjord which cuts into the land fifty ...
... vast numbers of visitors every year . Amongst the most popular with tourists are Kristianiafjord , Buknfjord ( or Bukkenfjord ) with its two chief arms , the Stavanger and Lyse- fjords , the Hardangerfjord which cuts into the land fifty ...
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... vast underground city of salt some two and a half miles wide and a mile long . There are two ponds with boats , and vast chambers adorned with candelabra hewn from rock salt . are also many chapels , the most famous being St. Anthony's ...
... vast underground city of salt some two and a half miles wide and a mile long . There are two ponds with boats , and vast chambers adorned with candelabra hewn from rock salt . are also many chapels , the most famous being St. Anthony's ...
Contents
INDIA Concluded | 501 |
MALAYA BORNEO AND HONG KONG | 527 |
AUSTRALIA | 531 |
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