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... AUSTRALIA New South Wales 243 277 Victoria 283 South Australia 289 Queensland . 292 Western Australia 297 Tasmania 298 XIV . NEW ZEALAND 301 XV . - PACIFIC ISLANDS 323 P ILLUSTRATIONS FIG . 1. SUMMER VIEW ON THE LEWES CONTENTS ix.
... AUSTRALIA New South Wales 243 277 Victoria 283 South Australia 289 Queensland . 292 Western Australia 297 Tasmania 298 XIV . NEW ZEALAND 301 XV . - PACIFIC ISLANDS 323 P ILLUSTRATIONS FIG . 1. SUMMER VIEW ON THE LEWES CONTENTS ix.
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... PACIFIC RAIL- WAY . From a Photograph by Notman 17. CANON OF THE FRASER RIVER WHERE IT BREAKS THROUGH THE COAST RANGE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA . From a Photograph by Notman 18. FOREST OF DOUGLAS FIRS , VANCOUVER ISLAND . From a Photograph ...
... PACIFIC RAIL- WAY . From a Photograph by Notman 17. CANON OF THE FRASER RIVER WHERE IT BREAKS THROUGH THE COAST RANGE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA . From a Photograph by Notman 18. FOREST OF DOUGLAS FIRS , VANCOUVER ISLAND . From a Photograph ...
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... Pacific oceans respectively . British North America comprises the whole northern and wider half of this continent , with the exception of that part of its extreme north - western angle which is included in the Territory of Alaska . The ...
... Pacific oceans respectively . British North America comprises the whole northern and wider half of this continent , with the exception of that part of its extreme north - western angle which is included in the Territory of Alaska . The ...
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... Pacific . The 45th degree of latitude being that which is midway between the equator and the pole , it may thus be stated that nearly the entire area of British North America is comprised between this middle line and the polar regions ...
... Pacific . The 45th degree of latitude being that which is midway between the equator and the pole , it may thus be stated that nearly the entire area of British North America is comprised between this middle line and the polar regions ...
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... Pacific , and on the circumstances that most of the larger rivers of both continents flow into the Atlantic , while the long easy slopes and wide cultivable lands face toward that ocean on both sides . In British North America this is ...
... Pacific , and on the circumstances that most of the larger rivers of both continents flow into the Atlantic , while the long easy slopes and wide cultivable lands face toward that ocean on both sides . In British North America this is ...
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