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... Mount Caucasus . Mount Ararat . - Mount Lebanon . - The Mountains of Judea . - AFRICAN MOUNTAINS . - Table Mountain at the Cape of Good Hope . Peter Botte's Mountain - SOUTH AMERICAN MOUNTAINS . - The Andes . - The Organ Mountains of ...
... Mount Caucasus . Mount Ararat . - Mount Lebanon . - The Mountains of Judea . - AFRICAN MOUNTAINS . - Table Mountain at the Cape of Good Hope . Peter Botte's Mountain - SOUTH AMERICAN MOUNTAINS . - The Andes . - The Organ Mountains of ...
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... Mount Caucasus ; and to the east are other mountains extending into China , which are at present very little known . On the other side of the mountains the land in general slopes down to the sea ; and thus the climate of the different ...
... Mount Caucasus ; and to the east are other mountains extending into China , which are at present very little known . On the other side of the mountains the land in general slopes down to the sea ; and thus the climate of the different ...
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... Mount Caucasus , and Mount Lebanon with the other mountains mentioned in Holy Writ . THE HIMALAYAS . THE Himalayan mountains form a chain nearly a thousand miles in length , and about a hundred and fifty miles in breadth . They consist ...
... Mount Caucasus , and Mount Lebanon with the other mountains mentioned in Holy Writ . THE HIMALAYAS . THE Himalayan mountains form a chain nearly a thousand miles in length , and about a hundred and fifty miles in breadth . They consist ...
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... mount , and pilgrimages were very often made to it ; the returning pilgrims , as an act of charity and duty , disposing of their walking staves on the face of the hill , so as to assist future travellers in their ascent . When Mr ...
... mount , and pilgrimages were very often made to it ; the returning pilgrims , as an act of charity and duty , disposing of their walking staves on the face of the hill , so as to assist future travellers in their ascent . When Mr ...
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... MOUNT CAUCASUS . THE Caucasian range of mountains extends from the south - east to the north - west , across the isthmus between the Black and Caspian seas . The length of this mountain chain is estimated at about 650 miles , and the ...
... MOUNT CAUCASUS . THE Caucasian range of mountains extends from the south - east to the north - west , across the isthmus between the Black and Caspian seas . The length of this mountain chain is estimated at about 650 miles , and the ...
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Page 278 - Some years ago I kept a sloth, in my room for several months. I often took him out of the house, and placed him upon the ground, in order to have an opportunity of observing his motions. If the ground were rough, he would pull himself forwards, by...
Page 312 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters ; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.