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 542
... wild . By sheer pluck and skill of horseman- ship the cattleman must dominate the wild oxen . The cattle are mustered in charge of expert stockmen , and sometimes jour- ney thousands of miles to market . At night At night they must be ...
... wild . By sheer pluck and skill of horseman- ship the cattleman must dominate the wild oxen . The cattle are mustered in charge of expert stockmen , and sometimes jour- ney thousands of miles to market . At night At night they must be ...
Page 699
... wild country consists of huge ranges with high peaks and deep valleys , in the latter of which one large lake and many small and beautiful ones are spread . Here rivers rush down the slopes and tumble over the cliffs . Here wild animals ...
... wild country consists of huge ranges with high peaks and deep valleys , in the latter of which one large lake and many small and beautiful ones are spread . Here rivers rush down the slopes and tumble over the cliffs . Here wild animals ...
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... Wild Swamp Country Then , from visions of beauty , go off to the wild Balta country , in the Dobruja by the Black Sea , and make acquaint- ance with a strange race of men who live in swamps under ever- present threats of being submerged ...
... Wild Swamp Country Then , from visions of beauty , go off to the wild Balta country , in the Dobruja by the Black Sea , and make acquaint- ance with a strange race of men who live in swamps under ever- present threats of being submerged ...
Contents
INDIA Concluded | 501 |
MALAYA BORNEO AND HONG KONG | 527 |
AUSTRALIA | 531 |
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