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 10
... coast of Ireland , co . Mayo , separated from the main land by a narrow channel . It is about 30 m . in circumfer- ence , and contains above 23,000 acres . Pop . 5,277 . It is mountainous ; and eagles - whence its name - breed in its ...
... coast of Ireland , co . Mayo , separated from the main land by a narrow channel . It is about 30 m . in circumfer- ence , and contains above 23,000 acres . Pop . 5,277 . It is mountainous ; and eagles - whence its name - breed in its ...
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... coast into the interior . We are only well acquainted with the southern extremity , which forms the Cape Colony . Here Africa presents to the Indian Ocean a bread line of coast , running east and west nearly along the 34th parallel from ...
... coast into the interior . We are only well acquainted with the southern extremity , which forms the Cape Colony . Here Africa presents to the Indian Ocean a bread line of coast , running east and west nearly along the 34th parallel from ...
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... coast , with the island of Madagascar , extends to about 20 ° of S. latitude . They are robust , courageous , industrious and enterprising , and like the Mandingos have adopted the literature and religion of Arabia . Altogether they ...
... coast , with the island of Madagascar , extends to about 20 ° of S. latitude . They are robust , courageous , industrious and enterprising , and like the Mandingos have adopted the literature and religion of Arabia . Altogether they ...
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... coast of Western Guinea , and many tribes near the Slave coast , and in the Bight of Benin ; countries where the slave trade has been carried on to the greatest extent , and has exercised its usually baneful in- fluence . On the other ...
... coast of Western Guinea , and many tribes near the Slave coast , and in the Bight of Benin ; countries where the slave trade has been carried on to the greatest extent , and has exercised its usually baneful in- fluence . On the other ...
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... coast indeed was well known to the ancients , and included in their circle of civilized states . But her eastern and western limits , stretching an indefinite extent southward , long baffled the attempts to reach their termination and ...
... coast indeed was well known to the ancients , and included in their circle of civilized states . But her eastern and western limits , stretching an indefinite extent southward , long baffled the attempts to reach their termination and ...
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