A dictionary, geographical, statistical, and historical, of the various countries, places, and principal natural objects in the world, Volume 1 |
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Page 21
... Cape of Good Hope to Algoa Bay . Along this coast extends an undulating country , intersected with a few elevations ... Cape das Agulhas ( Cape Needles ) , is in lat . 34 ° 52 ′ S .; and the most northerly , Cape Blanco , opposite Sicily ...
... Cape of Good Hope to Algoa Bay . Along this coast extends an undulating country , intersected with a few elevations ... Cape das Agulhas ( Cape Needles ) , is in lat . 34 ° 52 ′ S .; and the most northerly , Cape Blanco , opposite Sicily ...
Page 22
... Cape Palmas and Cape Sierra Leone . This mountain region , in which a great number of fertile valleys and plains are embosomed , is of very moderate height in its eastern and more narrow portion , rising hardly to more than 3000 feet ...
... Cape Palmas and Cape Sierra Leone . This mountain region , in which a great number of fertile valleys and plains are embosomed , is of very moderate height in its eastern and more narrow portion , rising hardly to more than 3000 feet ...
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... Cape Mesurata and the Gulf of Cabes ( the Lesser Syitis ) , so that the whole region may be from 180 to 200 m . across . At the Gulf of Cabes , however , the region of Mount Atlas enlarges considerably towards the N. , and thence to its ...
... Cape Mesurata and the Gulf of Cabes ( the Lesser Syitis ) , so that the whole region may be from 180 to 200 m . across . At the Gulf of Cabes , however , the region of Mount Atlas enlarges considerably towards the N. , and thence to its ...
Page 24
... Cape of Good Hope . The immediate neighbours of the Hottentots , and lying N. and N. E. of them , are the Kaffers -a very different race . The colour of the Kaffer is neither black , like that of the Negro , nor of the colour of a faded ...
... Cape of Good Hope . The immediate neighbours of the Hottentots , and lying N. and N. E. of them , are the Kaffers -a very different race . The colour of the Kaffer is neither black , like that of the Negro , nor of the colour of a faded ...
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... Cape the upper one , very thick ; palms of the hand Palmas , we find the race called Feloups , of a and soles of the feet flat ; tibia and fibula con- deep black colour ; with longish woolly hair ; vex ; pelvis narrow ; knees turned in ...
... Cape the upper one , very thick ; palms of the hand Palmas , we find the race called Feloups , of a and soles of the feet flat ; tibia and fibula con- deep black colour ; with longish woolly hair ; vex ; pelvis narrow ; knees turned in ...
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