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... Frith is ? The wide part at the mouth of a river ( where the tide boils ) , which connects its current with the main Ocean . An Archipelago is ? A sea studded with islands . A Road or Roadstead is ? An anchorage ground for ships , at a ...
... Frith is ? The wide part at the mouth of a river ( where the tide boils ) , which connects its current with the main Ocean . An Archipelago is ? A sea studded with islands . A Road or Roadstead is ? An anchorage ground for ships , at a ...
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... Frith ? The Eden and the ( Cumber- land ) Derwent . The five most important rivers that flow into the Irish Sea ? The Duddon , the Lune ( or Loyne ) , the Ribble , the Mersey , and the Dee . The principal rivers that flow into the Wash ...
... Frith ? The Eden and the ( Cumber- land ) Derwent . The five most important rivers that flow into the Irish Sea ? The Duddon , the Lune ( or Loyne ) , the Ribble , the Mersey , and the Dee . The principal rivers that flow into the Wash ...
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... Frith of Forth ( containing the islands of Inch Colm and Inchkeith ; -and at the mouth of which are the Bass Rock ... Frith of Tay . The great Bay in the N.E. ? Murray ( or Moray ) Frith , with its branches - Dornoch , Beauly , and ...
... Frith of Forth ( containing the islands of Inch Colm and Inchkeith ; -and at the mouth of which are the Bass Rock ... Frith of Tay . The great Bay in the N.E. ? Murray ( or Moray ) Frith , with its branches - Dornoch , Beauly , and ...
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... Frith Kinnaird's Head and Noss Head . The principal projection inside the Murray Frith ? Tarbet Ness . The principal promontories in the extreme north ? Duncans- bay Head , Dunnet Head , and Cape Wrath . The two most noted promontories ...
... Frith Kinnaird's Head and Noss Head . The principal projection inside the Murray Frith ? Tarbet Ness . The principal promontories in the extreme north ? Duncans- bay Head , Dunnet Head , and Cape Wrath . The two most noted promontories ...
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... Frith . The principal river in the central part of the southern Scottish Lowlands ? The Clyde , which ( ris- ing in the southern extremity of Lanarkshire , and flowing through the county in a generally N.W. direction , becomes navigable ...
... Frith . The principal river in the central part of the southern Scottish Lowlands ? The Clyde , which ( ris- ing in the southern extremity of Lanarkshire , and flowing through the county in a generally N.W. direction , becomes navigable ...
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