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... lead , copper , and gold . The transit - trade is extensive , being carried on mostly by mules and sheep . The inhabitants are very peaceful and industrious ; they are excellent farmers , and their woollen manufactures are said to be ...
... lead , copper , and gold . The transit - trade is extensive , being carried on mostly by mules and sheep . The inhabitants are very peaceful and industrious ; they are excellent farmers , and their woollen manufactures are said to be ...
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... lead to the stacks . The herbage of which they are com- posed is of the choicest kind , and dried so as to retain much of its juices , and form the very best of hay . LAGOON ( Lat . lacuna , a hollow or pool ) is a species of lake ...
... lead to the stacks . The herbage of which they are com- posed is of the choicest kind , and dried so as to retain much of its juices , and form the very best of hay . LAGOON ( Lat . lacuna , a hollow or pool ) is a species of lake ...
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... lead , every grada- tion of colour , from jet black up to slate and gray . can be easily produced . LA'MPREY ( Petromyzon ) , a genus of cartil- aginous fishes , Dermopterous ( q . v . ) , and having a circular mouth formed for sucking ...
... lead , every grada- tion of colour , from jet black up to slate and gray . can be easily produced . LA'MPREY ( Petromyzon ) , a genus of cartil- aginous fishes , Dermopterous ( q . v . ) , and having a circular mouth formed for sucking ...
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... lead and copper also occur , and iron is plentiful in Furness . The whole surface is covered with a net - work of canals and railways , which connect the principal manufacturing and commercial centres . See MANCHESTER , LIVERPOOL ...
... lead and copper also occur , and iron is plentiful in Furness . The whole surface is covered with a net - work of canals and railways , which connect the principal manufacturing and commercial centres . See MANCHESTER , LIVERPOOL ...
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... lead- wheel , charged on its upper surface with emery- powder ; the stone to be ground being pressed against it with the hand until it is smooth enough for polishing . In polishing , a tin wheel is substi- tuted for the leaden one , the ...
... lead- wheel , charged on its upper surface with emery- powder ; the stone to be ground being pressed against it with the hand until it is smooth enough for polishing . In polishing , a tin wheel is substi- tuted for the leaden one , the ...
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