Ceylon: An Account of the Island Physical, Volume 1Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1859 - Natural history |
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... appear to have been lost ; not a trace of the Portuguese records , so far as I could discover , remains at Colombo ; and if any vestige of those of the Dutch be still extant , they have probably become illegible from decay and the ...
... appear to have been lost ; not a trace of the Portuguese records , so far as I could discover , remains at Colombo ; and if any vestige of those of the Dutch be still extant , they have probably become illegible from decay and the ...
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... appear- ance and that of the present edition , that no sufficient time has been allowed for the discovery of errors or defects ; and the work is re - issued almost as a corrected reprint . In the interim , however , I have ascertained ...
... appear- ance and that of the present edition , that no sufficient time has been allowed for the discovery of errors or defects ; and the work is re - issued almost as a corrected reprint . In the interim , however , I have ascertained ...
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... . v . s . 32. Aris- totle appears to have had more cor- rect information , and says Ceylon was not so large as Britain . De Mundo , ch . iii . The round numbers employed by those authors , and by PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY . [ PART I.
... . v . s . 32. Aris- totle appears to have had more cor- rect information , and says Ceylon was not so large as Britain . De Mundo , ch . iii . The round numbers employed by those authors , and by PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY . [ PART I.
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... appear , and their altitude above the sea ; but , in close contiguity with them , an equally striking evidence presents itself in the fact that , at various points of the western coast , between the island of Manaar and Kara- tivoe ...
... appear , and their altitude above the sea ; but , in close contiguity with them , an equally striking evidence presents itself in the fact that , at various points of the western coast , between the island of Manaar and Kara- tivoe ...
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... appear to suggest them- selves as to the applicability of Dar- win's theory to coral formations in general . For instance , it might be supposed that rain falling on a sub- stance already saturated with mois- ture , would flow off ...
... appear to suggest them- selves as to the applicability of Dar- win's theory to coral formations in general . For instance , it might be supposed that rain falling on a sub- stance already saturated with mois- ture , would flow off ...
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