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... miles , by the river Ogun , north of Lagos ( on the Bight of Benin ) , and 240 miles west of the Lower Niger . It is situated 567 feet above the sea - level , on an undulating plain , fantastically broken by masses of gray granite , and ...
... miles , by the river Ogun , north of Lagos ( on the Bight of Benin ) , and 240 miles west of the Lower Niger . It is situated 567 feet above the sea - level , on an undulating plain , fantastically broken by masses of gray granite , and ...
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... miles ; greatest breadth , 50 miles ; with 60 miles of sea - coast , and an area of 1970 square miles . It has long been popularly divided into five districts ( proceeding from south - west to north - east ) -Mar , Strathbogie , Garioch ...
... miles ; greatest breadth , 50 miles ; with 60 miles of sea - coast , and an area of 1970 square miles . It has long been popularly divided into five districts ( proceeding from south - west to north - east ) -Mar , Strathbogie , Garioch ...
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... miles in breadth . The Lupata range , seen running parallel with the coast , forms the eastern crest of the table ... miles ; and its navigability has been ascertained for a distance of upwards of 400 miles ; but its banks are very ...
... miles in breadth . The Lupata range , seen running parallel with the coast , forms the eastern crest of the table ... miles ; and its navigability has been ascertained for a distance of upwards of 400 miles ; but its banks are very ...
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... miles south - south - east from Cordova . Many of the houses are of three stories , and the town is remarkable for the whiteness of its houses and the cleanness of its streets . It has three fine squares , and a dismantled Moorish ...
... miles south - south - east from Cordova . Many of the houses are of three stories , and the town is remarkable for the whiteness of its houses and the cleanness of its streets . It has three fine squares , and a dismantled Moorish ...
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... miles north ; in lat . 23 ° N. , long . 72 ° 36 ' . Pop . ( 1872 ) 116,873 . AIDE - TOI ET LE CIEL T'AIDERA ( Help yourself , and Heaven will help you ) . This moral aphorism was the cry of cer- tain French political writers to the ...
... miles north ; in lat . 23 ° N. , long . 72 ° 36 ' . Pop . ( 1872 ) 116,873 . AIDE - TOI ET LE CIEL T'AIDERA ( Help yourself , and Heaven will help you ) . This moral aphorism was the cry of cer- tain French political writers to the ...
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