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 15
... district of Swaut , where forest , pasture , and cultivated land are found admirably blended , and every valuable fruit and grain is produced . Captain Burnes states that the term Hindoo- scription will apply to Boonere , Choomla , and ...
... district of Swaut , where forest , pasture , and cultivated land are found admirably blended , and every valuable fruit and grain is produced . Captain Burnes states that the term Hindoo- scription will apply to Boonere , Choomla , and ...
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... district of Cohat , bul river , will enable goods to be conveyed into below Peshawur . This , with the discovery of the heart of Asia , cannot fail to stimulate the the same mineral in Cutch , may , by facilitating commercial ...
... district of Cohat , bul river , will enable goods to be conveyed into below Peshawur . This , with the discovery of the heart of Asia , cannot fail to stimulate the the same mineral in Cutch , may , by facilitating commercial ...
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... districts ; but on the other hand it is found in immense quantities both to the S. and N. of this central district . II . Races of People . Although we are ac- customed to consider the inhabitants of Africa as being generally of the ...
... districts ; but on the other hand it is found in immense quantities both to the S. and N. of this central district . II . Races of People . Although we are ac- customed to consider the inhabitants of Africa as being generally of the ...
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... district is uncommonly fertile , particularly in cattle and honey , with which it almost exclusively supplies Gondar . The country is also very populous ; and though of limited extent , can bring a con- siderable force into the field ...
... district is uncommonly fertile , particularly in cattle and honey , with which it almost exclusively supplies Gondar . The country is also very populous ; and though of limited extent , can bring a con- siderable force into the field ...
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... district , on the S.W. bank of the Jumna , which during the season of the floods is here about half a mile broad , and at no season fordable , in lat . 27 ° 11 ' N. , long . 77 ° 53 ′ E. It is distant from Calcutta 950 m . , Madras 1190 ...
... district , on the S.W. bank of the Jumna , which during the season of the floods is here about half a mile broad , and at no season fordable , in lat . 27 ° 11 ' N. , long . 77 ° 53 ′ E. It is distant from Calcutta 950 m . , Madras 1190 ...
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