A Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical, of the Various Countries, Places, and Principal Natural Objects in the World, Volume 1 |
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... European and Negro . It is almost un- necessary to add , that this was one of the earliest civilized races of mankind ; and that at least thirty ages ago it had already tamed the useful animals , cultivated the most valuable plants ...
... European and Negro . It is almost un- necessary to add , that this was one of the earliest civilized races of mankind ; and that at least thirty ages ago it had already tamed the useful animals , cultivated the most valuable plants ...
Page 25
... European . The hair is crisp and woolly , ing ; eyes prominent ; nose broad , thick , flat , and the stature tall , and the figure good . To the confused with the extended jaw ; lips , particularly south of the Gambia , and extending to ...
... European . The hair is crisp and woolly , ing ; eyes prominent ; nose broad , thick , flat , and the stature tall , and the figure good . To the confused with the extended jaw ; lips , particularly south of the Gambia , and extending to ...
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... Europe , and at its eastern , where it approaches , or rather joins Asia , are generally the same as those of these two portions of the globe ; but throughout its greater part they are not only different from the European and African ...
... Europe , and at its eastern , where it approaches , or rather joins Asia , are generally the same as those of these two portions of the globe ; but throughout its greater part they are not only different from the European and African ...
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... European colonists — a singular country produces the elephant by whom it has not proof of apathy and dulness in the ... Europe , the peacocks Malays , the least so . The Africans consider the and pheasants of Asia , and the turkeys and ...
... European colonists — a singular country produces the elephant by whom it has not proof of apathy and dulness in the ... Europe , the peacocks Malays , the least so . The Africans consider the and pheasants of Asia , and the turkeys and ...
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... 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 some that are common to the Indian archipelago . But generally both here and ...
... 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 some that are common to the Indian archipelago . But generally both here and ...
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