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... miles , and its greatest width from north - constructed , but the dwellings of the cottagers and poorer west to south - east nearly 55 miles . According to Mr. tenants are described as being in every respect comfortless M'Culloch ...
... miles , and its greatest width from north - constructed , but the dwellings of the cottagers and poorer west to south - east nearly 55 miles . According to Mr. tenants are described as being in every respect comfortless M'Culloch ...
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... miles 704 yards , and the entire distance between Fort William and Inverness is 59 miles and 1628 yards . In 1802 Mr. Telford was appointed by the commissioners of We need do no more than rame addition and subtraction , the treasury to ...
... miles 704 yards , and the entire distance between Fort William and Inverness is 59 miles and 1628 yards . In 1802 Mr. Telford was appointed by the commissioners of We need do no more than rame addition and subtraction , the treasury to ...
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... miles in a straight many of them were in a prosperous state at the time of Alex- line , but with a coast three times that length , owing to ander's expedition . After the battle of the Granicus the the many sinuosities and the form of ...
... miles in a straight many of them were in a prosperous state at the time of Alex- line , but with a coast three times that length , owing to ander's expedition . After the battle of the Granicus the the many sinuosities and the form of ...
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... miles ; and the greatest breadth , from Achill Head in the county of Mayo , on the west , to the mouth of Loch Strangford in the county of Down , a little to the north of east , 200 miles . In an oblique direction the greatest length is ...
... miles ; and the greatest breadth , from Achill Head in the county of Mayo , on the west , to the mouth of Loch Strangford in the county of Down , a little to the north of east , 200 miles . In an oblique direction the greatest length is ...
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... miles . Climate . There is but a small portion of Ireland which is more than fifty miles distant from the sea - coast , and on three sides of the island the Atlantic Ocean extends unin- terrupted : hence the climate is more moist and ...
... miles . Climate . There is but a small portion of Ireland which is more than fifty miles distant from the sea - coast , and on three sides of the island the Atlantic Ocean extends unin- terrupted : hence the climate is more moist and ...
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