The Family Magazine, Or, General Abstract of Useful Knowledge, Volume 2Redfield & Lindsay, 1843 |
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... nearly equal to that of an English summer . Flocks of large white long - haired goats were browsing on the rocks , under the care of boys and their faithful dogs ; and pines and young cedars of a smaller size were abundant . The view ...
... nearly equal to that of an English summer . Flocks of large white long - haired goats were browsing on the rocks , under the care of boys and their faithful dogs ; and pines and young cedars of a smaller size were abundant . The view ...
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... nearly of an equal height , until they terminated in a perpendicular peak ; but , on a nearer view , those within were found to be much higher than those of the extreme peak or point . Their general appearance was highly picturesque ...
... nearly of an equal height , until they terminated in a perpendicular peak ; but , on a nearer view , those within were found to be much higher than those of the extreme peak or point . Their general appearance was highly picturesque ...
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... nearly a straight line , over a gently rising ground , with an im- proving soil , and reached it about noon . On entering the site of this ruined town , we came first to some smoothly hewn cisterns in the rocks , with marks of a large ...
... nearly a straight line , over a gently rising ground , with an im- proving soil , and reached it about noon . On entering the site of this ruined town , we came first to some smoothly hewn cisterns in the rocks , with marks of a large ...
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... nearly expended , even at this early period . To procure a further supply , and hasten the transport of the stores expected from Cumberland House , Mr. Back proceeded to Fort Che- pewyan , and returned after an absence of nearly five ...
... nearly expended , even at this early period . To procure a further supply , and hasten the transport of the stores expected from Cumberland House , Mr. Back proceeded to Fort Che- pewyan , and returned after an absence of nearly five ...
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... nearly six and a half degrees of longitude . VILLAGE IN THE VALLEY OF ADJELOON . We halted at the house of a Christian Arab at Ad- jeloon ; and as our host , Yakoobe , had come with us from Curfr Injey thus far , the priest of the ...
... nearly six and a half degrees of longitude . VILLAGE IN THE VALLEY OF ADJELOON . We halted at the house of a Christian Arab at Ad- jeloon ; and as our host , Yakoobe , had come with us from Curfr Injey thus far , the priest of the ...
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