Descriptive outlines of modern geography, and a short account of Palestine, or Judæa |
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Arabian Sea Archipelago Argyle Asia Atlantic Baltic Bay of Bengal Black Sea bound Britain Capitals coast containing Cork country lies Denmark Donegal Eastern Peninsula England Europe from Africa Exercises flows easterly forms the boundary French Frith Gulf of Finland Gulf of Siam Gulf of Tonquin Gulf of Venice Hindostan Ireland Irish Sea island west Isles Isthmus Italy Judæa Kamtschatka Labrador Lake land Loch Malacca Mediterranean Mexico Morea mountains Name the cape Name the country Name the island Name the sea Neagh North Sea north-east North-west northerly Norway Ocean Orkney Patagonia Paternoster-Row Persia Price 38 principal towns printed for Sherwood Red Sea rivers flowing running Russia Scotland Sea of Asof Sea of Marmora Sea of Okhotsk Siberia Situations South America south-east south-west Spain Straits Sumatra Sweden Tartary Terra del Fuego Thibet Tonquin Trace the course Turkey Upper Guinea Wales Waterford westerly Wexford Wolga Zealand
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