A Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical, of the Various Countries, Places, and Principal Natural Objects in the World, Volume 1 |
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... regions of Enderta , Wojjerat , Lasta , & c . The last - mentioned country contains the sources of the Tacazze , one of ... region , the highest in Abyssinia , and the nucleus and centre , as it were , of the old empire , contains the ...
... regions of Enderta , Wojjerat , Lasta , & c . The last - mentioned country contains the sources of the Tacazze , one of ... region , the highest in Abyssinia , and the nucleus and centre , as it were , of the old empire , contains the ...
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... region we hear of fertile tracts . The plain of Boree , for instance , is compared by the natives to that of ... regions , and the mountains are covered with forests of pines . The plain of Peshawur must , according to Captain Burnes ...
... region we hear of fertile tracts . The plain of Boree , for instance , is compared by the natives to that of ... regions , and the mountains are covered with forests of pines . The plain of Peshawur must , according to Captain Burnes ...
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... region which has obtained among us the name of Kong may be considered as a continuation of the high table - land of southern Africa , being separated from its northern terraces only by the narrow valley of the Quorra , between 70 and 80 ...
... region which has obtained among us the name of Kong may be considered as a continuation of the high table - land of southern Africa , being separated from its northern terraces only by the narrow valley of the Quorra , between 70 and 80 ...
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... region may be from 180 to 200 m . across . At the Gulf of Cabes , however , the region of Mount Atlas enlarges considerably towards the N. , and thence to its western extremity on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean its mean breadth ...
... region may be from 180 to 200 m . across . At the Gulf of Cabes , however , the region of Mount Atlas enlarges considerably towards the N. , and thence to its western extremity on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean its mean breadth ...
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... regions , bary and Egypt ; but there is no evidence of the the Atlantic , the Equinoxial , and the Austral ; existence ... region , which is indeed supposed to be its native country . The native Ornithology of Africa does not present the ...
... regions , bary and Egypt ; but there is no evidence of the the Atlantic , the Equinoxial , and the Austral ; existence ... region , which is indeed supposed to be its native country . The native Ornithology of Africa does not present the ...
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