A Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical, of the Various Countries, Places, and Principal Natural Objects in the World, Volume 1 |
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... sheep and cattle . The upper regions and recesses of the mountains , which cover by far the larger portion of Abruzzo Ultra II . , are depastured in the summer season by vast flocks of sheep , brought from the Capitanata and other level ...
... sheep and cattle . The upper regions and recesses of the mountains , which cover by far the larger portion of Abruzzo Ultra II . , are depastured in the summer season by vast flocks of sheep , brought from the Capitanata and other level ...
Page 24
... sheep , horse , ass , and camel ; and cultivate most of the common corns , as wheat , barley , and millit . They also work , with some skill , articles of iron , copper , and brass ; and except the ancient Egyptians , and probably the ...
... sheep , horse , ass , and camel ; and cultivate most of the common corns , as wheat , barley , and millit . They also work , with some skill , articles of iron , copper , and brass ; and except the ancient Egyptians , and probably the ...
Page 27
... sheep are greatly inferior to those of our own breed ; but the flesh of the lamb is thought to be superior . There are said to be but two species of deer — one of which is the common fallow deer - existing in this con- tinent , and ...
... sheep are greatly inferior to those of our own breed ; but the flesh of the lamb is thought to be superior . There are said to be but two species of deer — one of which is the common fallow deer - existing in this con- tinent , and ...
Page 49
... sheep , goats , hogs , & c . , thrive remarkably well , and their produce forms the great dependence of the colonists . The country is traversed by numerous streams , of which the Great Fish river is by far the most im- portant ...
... sheep , goats , hogs , & c . , thrive remarkably well , and their produce forms the great dependence of the colonists . The country is traversed by numerous streams , of which the Great Fish river is by far the most im- portant ...
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... Sheep are of two kinds : one small , with a thick large tail ; the other of a much larger size , chiefly found in the country of the Melano . Getulæ . Sheep of the fine Tunisian breed are not met with . Goats pretty abundant ; pigs few ...
... Sheep are of two kinds : one small , with a thick large tail ; the other of a much larger size , chiefly found in the country of the Melano . Getulæ . Sheep of the fine Tunisian breed are not met with . Goats pretty abundant ; pigs few ...
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