A dictionary, geographical, statistical, and historical, of the various countries, places, and principal natural objects in the world, Volume 1 |
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... rises in the Somme about 7 feet , and vessels of from 100 to 150 tons come up to town . Being situated in the centre of a fruitful country , and commu- nicating by canals and roads with all the surrounding districts , Abbeville has a ...
... rises in the Somme about 7 feet , and vessels of from 100 to 150 tons come up to town . Being situated in the centre of a fruitful country , and commu- nicating by canals and roads with all the surrounding districts , Abbeville has a ...
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... rises in the heights of Taranta , runs nearly parallel to the Tacazze . In the dry season it loses itself in the sand ; but Bruce says that in the rainy season it continues its course till it unites with the Tacazze . The Hamazo and ...
... rises in the heights of Taranta , runs nearly parallel to the Tacazze . In the dry season it loses itself in the sand ; but Bruce says that in the rainy season it continues its course till it unites with the Tacazze . The Hamazo and ...
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... rise of his son's power - a power which extended over great part of Asia . On the murder of Nader , in Khorasan , Ahmed ... rises near Ghiznee , but drains also the highlands of Kohistan , runs in a large and frequently very broad valley ...
... rise of his son's power - a power which extended over great part of Asia . On the murder of Nader , in Khorasan , Ahmed ... rises near Ghiznee , but drains also the highlands of Kohistan , runs in a large and frequently very broad valley ...
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... rises in terraces . The first terrace , called the Long Kloof , is enclosed by the double ridge of the Zwarte Berge , or Black Mountains , of which the northern , or the Groote ( Great ) Zwarte Berge , rises to about 4,000 f . above the ...
... rises in terraces . The first terrace , called the Long Kloof , is enclosed by the double ridge of the Zwarte Berge , or Black Mountains , of which the northern , or the Groote ( Great ) Zwarte Berge , rises to about 4,000 f . above the ...
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... rise above it . It is less elevated at the source of the Barh- el - Azrek or Blue River , one of the upper branches of the Nile , where it rises , according to Bruce , at from 9,000 to 10,000 feet above the sea . We do not know whether ...
... rise above it . It is less elevated at the source of the Barh- el - Azrek or Blue River , one of the upper branches of the Nile , where it rises , according to Bruce , at from 9,000 to 10,000 feet above the sea . We do not know whether ...
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