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... Islands ? Why is the tea - tree , which grows so luxuriantly in Java and its dependant islands to the east , denied to Su- matra and the peninsula of Malabar ? And why is the anana of Hindústân , the flavour of which seems to be ...
... Islands ? Why is the tea - tree , which grows so luxuriantly in Java and its dependant islands to the east , denied to Su- matra and the peninsula of Malabar ? And why is the anana of Hindústân , the flavour of which seems to be ...
Page 140
... island can rise from the fathomless abyss of the ocean and become visible on the surface . At a future period they will assume an- other shape ; all the islands will join , and form a circular slip of earth , with a pond or lake in the ...
... island can rise from the fathomless abyss of the ocean and become visible on the surface . At a future period they will assume an- other shape ; all the islands will join , and form a circular slip of earth , with a pond or lake in the ...
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... islands which have been formed by animals , they are met with ! " The coral islands of the Pacific rise from the 30th parallel of south latitude to the 30th of north latitude . " Of the rapidity with which the coral grows , we are not ...
... islands which have been formed by animals , they are met with ! " The coral islands of the Pacific rise from the 30th parallel of south latitude to the 30th of north latitude . " Of the rapidity with which the coral grows , we are not ...
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