The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 20. köideLittle, Brown, 1886 |
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... inches ; it is highest in the hilly district on the west ( 34 inches ) and on the north - west coast ( 30 to 32 inches ) , and lowest ( 16 inches ) in the inland parts of the eastern provinces . The Soil . According to the most recent ...
... inches ; it is highest in the hilly district on the west ( 34 inches ) and on the north - west coast ( 30 to 32 inches ) , and lowest ( 16 inches ) in the inland parts of the eastern provinces . The Soil . According to the most recent ...
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... inches per annum . About half the province is under cultivation ; 18 per cent . is occupied by forests , and 23 per cent . by meadows and pastures . The most fertile soil is found in the valleys of the Pregel and the Memel , but the ...
... inches per annum . About half the province is under cultivation ; 18 per cent . is occupied by forests , and 23 per cent . by meadows and pastures . The most fertile soil is found in the valleys of the Pregel and the Memel , but the ...
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... inch over his eyes , serving as an umbrella to defend them from too much light ; and , seldom eating a dinner , would every three hours or more be munching a roll of bread , and now and then refresh his exhausted spirits with ale ...
... inch over his eyes , serving as an umbrella to defend them from too much light ; and , seldom eating a dinner , would every three hours or more be munching a roll of bread , and now and then refresh his exhausted spirits with ale ...
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... inches , the tail being rather more than half that length . | grey colour , more rarely of a slaty blue or reddish tint . The head is rather small compared with that of other cats In composition it is allied to the obsidians ...
... inches , the tail being rather more than half that length . | grey colour , more rarely of a slaty blue or reddish tint . The head is rather small compared with that of other cats In composition it is allied to the obsidians ...
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... inches in the year ) is at Dharmsala , on the face of the high north wall of the Kángra valley ; the minimum ( 5.96 ) is in the Muzaffargarh district . In a country so open and so far from the sea there are extremes of heat and cold . A ...
... inches in the year ) is at Dharmsala , on the face of the high north wall of the Kángra valley ; the minimum ( 5.96 ) is in the Muzaffargarh district . In a country so open and so far from the sea there are extremes of heat and cold . A ...
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