The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 17. köideThomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith R.S. Peale, 1890 |
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... river , and includes the Angoche and Primeira islands and a small settlement on the Angoche river . The trade is very limited . The district of Quilimane is the centre of the commerce of the Zambesi , and the town ranks next to ...
... river , and includes the Angoche and Primeira islands and a small settlement on the Angoche river . The trade is very limited . The district of Quilimane is the centre of the commerce of the Zambesi , and the town ranks next to ...
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... river harbour . After the annexation of Alsace to Germany in 1871 the French sympathies of the inhabitants were shown by the extraordinary decrease in the number of its inhabitants . The population has now , however , re- gained its ...
... river harbour . After the annexation of Alsace to Germany in 1871 the French sympathies of the inhabitants were shown by the extraordinary decrease in the number of its inhabitants . The population has now , however , re- gained its ...
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... river . The district is well wooded throughout , and mango groves abound in the neighbourhood of the flourishing villages which cluster thickly over its whole surface . Cultivation has spread over almost every part , patches of jungle ...
... river . The district is well wooded throughout , and mango groves abound in the neighbourhood of the flourishing villages which cluster thickly over its whole surface . Cultivation has spread over almost every part , patches of jungle ...
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... river and its tributaries , but it occurs also in the northern parts of New South Wales . It is the most im- portant food fish of these rivers , and is said to attain to a length of more than 3 feet , and to a weight of 120 lb. MURRAY RIVER ...
... river and its tributaries , but it occurs also in the northern parts of New South Wales . It is the most im- portant food fish of these rivers , and is said to attain to a length of more than 3 feet , and to a weight of 120 lb. MURRAY RIVER ...
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... river system is constituted by the Ganges or Padma , and its offshoots and tributaries the Bhagirathi , Bhairab , | Siálmári , Jalangi , and Singá , -the first mentioned being by far the most important river within Murshidábád , though ...
... river system is constituted by the Ganges or Padma , and its offshoots and tributaries the Bhagirathi , Bhairab , | Siálmári , Jalangi , and Singá , -the first mentioned being by far the most important river within Murshidábád , though ...
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