The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 - 908 pages |
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... crops of sugar - cane are pro- duced in the district , and the town has extensive sugar refineries . Hemp is also cultivated , and silver is found in the mountains . Population , 1200 . ABANDONMENT , in Marine Assurance , is the surren ...
... crops of sugar - cane are pro- duced in the district , and the town has extensive sugar refineries . Hemp is also cultivated , and silver is found in the mountains . Population , 1200 . ABANDONMENT , in Marine Assurance , is the surren ...
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... crops . and infertile , but interspersed with many rich and highly About 40,000 fat cattle are reared , and above £ 1,000,000 cultivated spots . value of cattle and dead meat is sent from the county to London yearly . The capital ...
... crops . and infertile , but interspersed with many rich and highly About 40,000 fat cattle are reared , and above £ 1,000,000 cultivated spots . value of cattle and dead meat is sent from the county to London yearly . The capital ...
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... crops are raised annually . Agriculture receives considerable attention , and large quantities of maize , wheat , barley , peas , beans , & c . , are grown . Very extensively cultivated is teff ( Poa abyssinica ) , a herbaceous plant ...
... crops are raised annually . Agriculture receives considerable attention , and large quantities of maize , wheat , barley , peas , beans , & c . , are grown . Very extensively cultivated is teff ( Poa abyssinica ) , a herbaceous plant ...
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... crops of grain , with some cotton , vines , almonds , and figs . The rest of the island is mountainous , and rather barren . The southern end rises in the conical Mount Oros , and the Panhellenian ridge stretches to the north , from ...
... crops of grain , with some cotton , vines , almonds , and figs . The rest of the island is mountainous , and rather barren . The southern end rises in the conical Mount Oros , and the Panhellenian ridge stretches to the north , from ...
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... crop in Kurram . In much of the eastern mountainous country bájra ( Holcus spicatus ) is the chief Lower again , and down to 3000 feet , we have wild olive , species grain . Most English and Indian garden - stuffs are culti- of rock ...
... crop in Kurram . In much of the eastern mountainous country bájra ( Holcus spicatus ) is the chief Lower again , and down to 3000 feet , we have wild olive , species grain . Most English and Indian garden - stuffs are culti- of rock ...
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