A Dictionary Geographical, Statistical, and Historical of the Various Countries, Places, and Principal Natural Objects in the World by J. R. M'Culloch, Volume 3Longmans, Green and C., 1866 - 600 pages |
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... Bank to the S. of Waterford . Flat fish also abound in many parts . Large shoals of herrings visit the coast annually ; and the bays and creeks furnish great quantities of the smaller and more delicate species , as pil- chards , sprats ...
... Bank to the S. of Waterford . Flat fish also abound in many parts . Large shoals of herrings visit the coast annually ; and the bays and creeks furnish great quantities of the smaller and more delicate species , as pil- chards , sprats ...
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... bank , the Irrawadi receives some large afflu- ents , as the Shoomae Kha , Pin - lang or Bhamo river , Lung - tchuen , & c . Its chief affluents on the opposite sides are the Mogoung and Ning - thee , which join it about the middle of ...
... bank , the Irrawadi receives some large afflu- ents , as the Shoomae Kha , Pin - lang or Bhamo river , Lung - tchuen , & c . Its chief affluents on the opposite sides are the Mogoung and Ning - thee , which join it about the middle of ...
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... bank , respecting which see BIRMAH . prov . Naples , 8 m . SW . from the promontory of Misenum , and 18 m . WSW . Naples . It is about 7 m . in length and 20 in circ . , having an area of 21 sq . m . , and a pop . of 24,930 , according ...
... bank , respecting which see BIRMAH . prov . Naples , 8 m . SW . from the promontory of Misenum , and 18 m . WSW . Naples . It is about 7 m . in length and 20 in circ . , having an area of 21 sq . m . , and a pop . of 24,930 , according ...
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... bank , 5 or 6 ft . above the water , and 80 or 100 ft . broad . An excellent road passes along this bank , with a double row of lofty trees on each side It was upon this canal that Horace travelled in a track- boat , on his journey to ...
... bank , 5 or 6 ft . above the water , and 80 or 100 ft . broad . An excellent road passes along this bank , with a double row of lofty trees on each side It was upon this canal that Horace travelled in a track- boat , on his journey to ...
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... bank of the May- pocho , and is connected with its suburb of La Chimba by a handsome stone bridge . On its SE . side the city is separated from its suburb of Caña- dilla by the Cañada , a handsome promenade 50 yards wide , planted with ...
... bank of the May- pocho , and is connected with its suburb of La Chimba by a handsome stone bridge . On its SE . side the city is separated from its suburb of Caña- dilla by the Cañada , a handsome promenade 50 yards wide , planted with ...
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