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... maritime region , and in a small portion of its southern projection , the climate is exceedingly hot and , to European constitutions , exceedingly unhealthy . Its greatest length ( from the southern extremity of Cape Colony , to the ...
... maritime region , and in a small portion of its southern projection , the climate is exceedingly hot and , to European constitutions , exceedingly unhealthy . Its greatest length ( from the southern extremity of Cape Colony , to the ...
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... maritime ; and Montgomery , inland . Chief towns in Flintshire ? Flint , Holywell ( so called from its Well of St. Winifred , a re- markable spring which throws up twenty tons of water per minute , and has never been known to freeze ) ...
... maritime ; and Montgomery , inland . Chief towns in Flintshire ? Flint , Holywell ( so called from its Well of St. Winifred , a re- markable spring which throws up twenty tons of water per minute , and has never been known to freeze ) ...
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... maritime counties in the E. of Lein- ster ? Louth , E. Meath , Dublin , Wicklow , and Wex- ford . Chief towns in Louth ? Dundalk , on Dundalk Bay ; and Drogheda , on the Boyne . In E. Meath ? Trim and Navan , both on the Boyne . In ...
... maritime counties in the E. of Lein- ster ? Louth , E. Meath , Dublin , Wicklow , and Wex- ford . Chief towns in Louth ? Dundalk , on Dundalk Bay ; and Drogheda , on the Boyne . In E. Meath ? Trim and Navan , both on the Boyne . In ...
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... maritime district of Cuttack , on the N.W. side of the Bay of Bengal ; the North - western Provinces , comprehending the plain of the Jumna , and of the Upper Ganges above the influx of the Sone ; the Pun- jaub ; the Nagpore territory ...
... maritime district of Cuttack , on the N.W. side of the Bay of Bengal ; the North - western Provinces , comprehending the plain of the Jumna , and of the Upper Ganges above the influx of the Sone ; the Pun- jaub ; the Nagpore territory ...
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... maritime district stretch- ing alongst the western side of the Bay of Bengal , from the Krishna to Lake Chilka . The most noted seaports in the Madras Presidency ? Madras , Masulipatam , and Tranque- bar , on the E. , and Calicut on the ...
... maritime district stretch- ing alongst the western side of the Bay of Bengal , from the Krishna to Lake Chilka . The most noted seaports in the Madras Presidency ? Madras , Masulipatam , and Tranque- bar , on the E. , and Calicut on the ...
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