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... France , and Alaska . It is difficult to convey an adequate conception of the vastness of a country which covers 3,456,383 square miles , and is forty times the size of England , Scotland , and Wales . It represents nearly a third of ...
... France , and Alaska . It is difficult to convey an adequate conception of the vastness of a country which covers 3,456,383 square miles , and is forty times the size of England , Scotland , and Wales . It represents nearly a third of ...
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... France , and to the West Indies . On the Pacific Ocean , Canada shares with the Imperial Government the subsidy for the service to China and Japan , which has brought Yokohama within twenty - one days of London , and assists , in ...
... France , and to the West Indies . On the Pacific Ocean , Canada shares with the Imperial Government the subsidy for the service to China and Japan , which has brought Yokohama within twenty - one days of London , and assists , in ...
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... France by 15,000 square miles . It is also interesting to note that Ontario and France lie in almost the same latitudes , namely , between the parallels of 42 ° and 52 ° north . The principal boundaries of Ontario are the Ottawa River ...
... France by 15,000 square miles . It is also interesting to note that Ontario and France lie in almost the same latitudes , namely , between the parallels of 42 ° and 52 ° north . The principal boundaries of Ontario are the Ottawa River ...
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... France by 15,000 square miles . It is also in to note that Ontario and France lie in al : same latitudes , namely , between the paralle and 52 ° north . The principal boundaries of Ontario are t River and the Province of Quebec on the ...
... France by 15,000 square miles . It is also in to note that Ontario and France lie in al : same latitudes , namely , between the paralle and 52 ° north . The principal boundaries of Ontario are t River and the Province of Quebec on the ...
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... at least equal ineyards in France . In bought at a halfpenny 28. to 3s . per peck , and · 1. Strawberries and rasp- at variety of other small British Parliament abolishing slavery throughout all the dependencies of the.
... at least equal ineyards in France . In bought at a halfpenny 28. to 3s . per peck , and · 1. Strawberries and rasp- at variety of other small British Parliament abolishing slavery throughout all the dependencies of the.
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