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... feet high , from which here and there the branches had to be cleared to ob- tain a sight of the signal stations . The triangulation was carried on amidst privations , discomfort , and pestilence , which frequently prostrat- ed the whole ...
... feet high , from which here and there the branches had to be cleared to ob- tain a sight of the signal stations . The triangulation was carried on amidst privations , discomfort , and pestilence , which frequently prostrat- ed the whole ...
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... feet above the sea . The uplifting force seems to have been exerted from south - west to north- east ; and although there is much confusion in many of the intersecting ridges , the lower ranges , especially those to the south and west ...
... feet above the sea . The uplifting force seems to have been exerted from south - west to north- east ; and although there is much confusion in many of the intersecting ridges , the lower ranges , especially those to the south and west ...
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... llamas que arrojan entre las asperezas de la montaña losas de açufre . " - Lib . v . p . 184. It is needless to say that this is altogether imaginary . ---- 600 feet in height , and upwards of three miles 16 [ PART I. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY .
... llamas que arrojan entre las asperezas de la montaña losas de açufre . " - Lib . v . p . 184. It is needless to say that this is altogether imaginary . ---- 600 feet in height , and upwards of three miles 16 [ PART I. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY .
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An Account of the Island Physical Sir James Emerson Tennent. 600 feet in height , and upwards of three miles in length , the town of Kornegalle , one of the ancient capitals of the island , has been built ; and the great temple of ...
An Account of the Island Physical Sir James Emerson Tennent. 600 feet in height , and upwards of three miles in length , the town of Kornegalle , one of the ancient capitals of the island , has been built ; and the great temple of ...
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... feet above the sea - level . The well , however , is upwards of 140 feet in depth ; the water fresh at the surface , brackish lower down , and intensely salt below . According to the universal belief of the inhabitants , it is an under ...
... feet above the sea - level . The well , however , is upwards of 140 feet in depth ; the water fresh at the surface , brackish lower down , and intensely salt below . According to the universal belief of the inhabitants , it is an under ...
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Page 519 - And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither; so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.