Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 212William Blackwood, 1922 - England |
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Page 1
... means of regular communication with the out- side world is the weekly steamer which plies between Mora- whanna on the Barima river and Georgetown , the colony's capital , at the Demerara estu- ary . Very few of the inhabit- ants of the ...
... means of regular communication with the out- side world is the weekly steamer which plies between Mora- whanna on the Barima river and Georgetown , the colony's capital , at the Demerara estu- ary . Very few of the inhabit- ants of the ...
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... means of reaching the district . This is the route over which I recently journeyed - an Odys- sey of fourteen rivers , rich in interest and charm . The first of these , the Deme- rara , has given its name to the yellow - crystal sugar ...
... means of reaching the district . This is the route over which I recently journeyed - an Odys- sey of fourteen rivers , rich in interest and charm . The first of these , the Deme- rara , has given its name to the yellow - crystal sugar ...
Page 3
... means without long toil and danger . Every year lives and goods are lost in their cruel rapids , and the Essequebo above Bartica is so dangerous that boat - captains have been for- bidden by law to attempt to shoot its cataracts . All ...
... means without long toil and danger . Every year lives and goods are lost in their cruel rapids , and the Essequebo above Bartica is so dangerous that boat - captains have been for- bidden by law to attempt to shoot its cataracts . All ...
Page 19
... means " falling water , " and the name is given by a beautiful white - water stream tumbling in musical cascades down to the Aruka at the foot of the hill . The Morawhanna township is en- tirely without a potable water supply , save ...
... means " falling water , " and the name is given by a beautiful white - water stream tumbling in musical cascades down to the Aruka at the foot of the hill . The Morawhanna township is en- tirely without a potable water supply , save ...
Page 36
... means of my interpreter , Ab- dullah , whose knowledge of Arabic ( like Sam Weller's of London ) was " extensive and peculiar , " for he had accom- panied several caravans of pil- grims across Arabia from the Persian Gulf to Mecca . At ...
... means of my interpreter , Ab- dullah , whose knowledge of Arabic ( like Sam Weller's of London ) was " extensive and peculiar , " for he had accom- panied several caravans of pil- grims across Arabia from the Persian Gulf to Mecca . At ...
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