A dictionary, geographical, statistical, and historical, of the various countries, places, and principal natural objects in the world, Volume 1 |
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... tracts ; and these , with hills , extensive moors , mosses , and waste lands , occupy nearly two thirds of the entire country . The arable land lies principally in the eastern parts . Principal rivers Dee and Don ; and besides these are ...
... tracts ; and these , with hills , extensive moors , mosses , and waste lands , occupy nearly two thirds of the entire country . The arable land lies principally in the eastern parts . Principal rivers Dee and Don ; and besides these are ...
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... tracts . The plain of Boree , for instance , is compared by the natives to that of Peshawur for extent and richness ; the rivers Zhobe and Goomul water some fine valleys ; and Tull , Chooteealee , and Furrah are mentioned as well ...
... tracts . The plain of Boree , for instance , is compared by the natives to that of Peshawur for extent and richness ; the rivers Zhobe and Goomul water some fine valleys ; and Tull , Chooteealee , and Furrah are mentioned as well ...
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... tracts bordering and irrigation is resorted to wherever rain does the Caubul river , and the fertile glens that pene- not fall in sufficient abundance to bring forward trate the Hindoo - Coosh , are certainly more the crops . Only the ...
... tracts bordering and irrigation is resorted to wherever rain does the Caubul river , and the fertile glens that pene- not fall in sufficient abundance to bring forward trate the Hindoo - Coosh , are certainly more the crops . Only the ...
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... tract of mountainous country , including Atlas and its depend- encies , separates the desert from the Mediterranean ... tracts occur , but they are not continuous . We are , however , only acquainted with the southern part , up to 26 ...
... tract of mountainous country , including Atlas and its depend- encies , separates the desert from the Mediterranean ... tracts occur , but they are not continuous . We are , however , only acquainted with the southern part , up to 26 ...
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... tract of stony country , by which it is traversed from N. to S. , between 13 ° and 15 ° E. long . , and which in parts offers some cultivable land , while in others the stony surface is covered with sand . By fol- lowing this stony tract ...
... tract of stony country , by which it is traversed from N. to S. , between 13 ° and 15 ° E. long . , and which in parts offers some cultivable land , while in others the stony surface is covered with sand . By fol- lowing this stony tract ...
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