Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 212William Blackwood, 1922 - England |
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... miles , its equable climate , VOL . CCXII . - NO . MCCLXXXI . its gold , its timber , and its fertility of soil . Low hills most suitable for settlement rise with- in two miles of the coast ; but there are scarcely any roads , and the ...
... miles , its equable climate , VOL . CCXII . - NO . MCCLXXXI . its gold , its timber , and its fertility of soil . Low hills most suitable for settlement rise with- in two miles of the coast ; but there are scarcely any roads , and the ...
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... mile opposite on the western bank , there runs a Government ferry , and on this occasion we were concerned only to cross the Demerara and leave it behind us . Then we drove by motor - car westwards for twenty miles along the coast to ...
... mile opposite on the western bank , there runs a Government ferry , and on this occasion we were concerned only to cross the Demerara and leave it behind us . Then we drove by motor - car westwards for twenty miles along the coast to ...
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... miles of river beyond the King William IV . and the Mana- rowah Falls , which are said to have been completely unknown to man until , in 1870 , Mr Barrington - Brown succeeded at great risk in getting past these barriers . In his ...
... miles of river beyond the King William IV . and the Mana- rowah Falls , which are said to have been completely unknown to man until , in 1870 , Mr Barrington - Brown succeeded at great risk in getting past these barriers . In his ...
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... miles . Sometimes the rice - fields sweep up to the road on both sides , and the eye rejoices in the exquisite varieties of yellow - green paddy , while its indefinable scent comes in puffs upon the breeze ; then a high avenue of mango ...
... miles . Sometimes the rice - fields sweep up to the road on both sides , and the eye rejoices in the exquisite varieties of yellow - green paddy , while its indefinable scent comes in puffs upon the breeze ; then a high avenue of mango ...
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... specks away . For many miles the Atlantic borders on the very road , and concrete walls and concrete- faced dams protect the low- lying coast from the great ocean's " spill - over 1922. ] 5 An Odyssey of Fourteen Rivers .
... specks away . For many miles the Atlantic borders on the very road , and concrete walls and concrete- faced dams protect the low- lying coast from the great ocean's " spill - over 1922. ] 5 An Odyssey of Fourteen Rivers .
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