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... river , which and clays , whose characteristic organisms are Ceri- is comparatively steep , being chiefly occupied by thium mutabile and Cyrena pulchra . 3. The oyster- flights of steps , or ghats , as they are called , where bed ...
... river , which and clays , whose characteristic organisms are Ceri- is comparatively steep , being chiefly occupied by thium mutabile and Cyrena pulchra . 3. The oyster- flights of steps , or ghats , as they are called , where bed ...
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... river Coanza separates it from Angola on the N. , the mountains behind Cape Negro bound it on the S. , and the Atlantic Ocean on the W. Its surface is generally mountainous , rising from the coast - line inland , in a series of terraces ...
... river Coanza separates it from Angola on the N. , the mountains behind Cape Negro bound it on the S. , and the Atlantic Ocean on the W. Its surface is generally mountainous , rising from the coast - line inland , in a series of terraces ...
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... river . Some of the grottos consist of three apart- ments , the largest of which is 60 by 40 feet ; and pillars are cut out of the rock in imitation of the columns that support the roofs of buildings . These shafts are polygons of ...
... river . Some of the grottos consist of three apart- ments , the largest of which is 60 by 40 feet ; and pillars are cut out of the rock in imitation of the columns that support the roofs of buildings . These shafts are polygons of ...
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... river of Central Africa , forming the eastern branch of the Quorra or Niger , which it joins about 230 miles above the mouth of that river in the Gulf of Guinea . At its junction with the Faro , in lat . about 9 ° 33 ' N. , long . 12 ...
... river of Central Africa , forming the eastern branch of the Quorra or Niger , which it joins about 230 miles above the mouth of that river in the Gulf of Guinea . At its junction with the Faro , in lat . about 9 ° 33 ' N. , long . 12 ...
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... river as offering the best channel for the introduction of civilization into the heart of Central Africa . If not actually connected in some way with the Shari ( q . v . ) , and consequently with Lake Tsad , ' the breadth of the water ...
... river as offering the best channel for the introduction of civilization into the heart of Central Africa . If not actually connected in some way with the Shari ( q . v . ) , and consequently with Lake Tsad , ' the breadth of the water ...
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