A dictionary, geographical, statistical, and historical, of the various countries, places, and principal natural objects in the world, Volume 1 |
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... banks of rivers . In the Canary Islands the species are for the most part European , but their growth and luxu- riance is tropical . The great island of Madagascar has on its western side plants common to Africa , and on its eastern ...
... banks of rivers . In the Canary Islands the species are for the most part European , but their growth and luxu- riance is tropical . The great island of Madagascar has on its western side plants common to Africa , and on its eastern ...
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... bank of the Jumna , which during the season of the floods is here about half a mile broad , and at no season fordable ... banks of the Save , lat . 45 ° 49 2 N. , long . 15 ° 4. E. Pop . 17,000 . Agram is the seat of a bishopric and of a ...
... bank of the Jumna , which during the season of the floods is here about half a mile broad , and at no season fordable ... banks of the Save , lat . 45 ° 49 2 N. , long . 15 ° 4. E. Pop . 17,000 . Agram is the seat of a bishopric and of a ...
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... bank of the Gauda- loupe on a hill side , above whieh is a castle , built by James I. of Aragon , 62 m . S.E. Saragossa ... banks of the small river Angura . In the time of Alfonso VIII . , it was a place of some importance ; but the ...
... bank of the Gauda- loupe on a hill side , above whieh is a castle , built by James I. of Aragon , 62 m . S.E. Saragossa ... banks of the small river Angura . In the time of Alfonso VIII . , it was a place of some importance ; but the ...
Page 51
... banks of a small rivulet , one of the very few affluents of the Koeik . They are rather orchards than gardens , consisting of fruit trees , with vegetables growing between them , but scarcely any flowers . They are pleasant spots , from ...
... banks of a small rivulet , one of the very few affluents of the Koeik . They are rather orchards than gardens , consisting of fruit trees , with vegetables growing between them , but scarcely any flowers . They are pleasant spots , from ...
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... banks of the Rhone in France on the W. , to the rivers Verbas and Narenta on the E .; of which the former falls into the Save , a confluent of the Danube , and the latter into the Adriatic . Hence they occupy the whole space between the ...
... banks of the Rhone in France on the W. , to the rivers Verbas and Narenta on the E .; of which the former falls into the Save , a confluent of the Danube , and the latter into the Adriatic . Hence they occupy the whole space between the ...
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