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... whole tract being moun- tainous , and spurs from Bargylus and Casius running down into the sea and forming a succession of head- lands , of which Cape Posideium is the most remark- able . But while the name Phoenicia is applied geogra ...
... whole tract being moun- tainous , and spurs from Bargylus and Casius running down into the sea and forming a succession of head- lands , of which Cape Posideium is the most remark- able . But while the name Phoenicia is applied geogra ...
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... whole of the year , make their way across it between reedy banks , 2 and generally spread out before reaching the shore into wide marshes , which might be easily utilised for purposes of irrigation . The soil is extremely rich , varying ...
... whole of the year , make their way across it between reedy banks , 2 and generally spread out before reaching the shore into wide marshes , which might be easily utilised for purposes of irrigation . The soil is extremely rich , varying ...
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... whole mountain was thickly wooded , 1 but at present , though it contains rocky dells ' where there are thick jungles of copse , ' 2 and is covered in places with olive groves and thickets of dwarf oak , yet its appearance is rather ...
... whole mountain was thickly wooded , 1 but at present , though it contains rocky dells ' where there are thick jungles of copse , ' 2 and is covered in places with olive groves and thickets of dwarf oak , yet its appearance is rather ...
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... whole mountain - side , looking in many places like huge rents . Here and there , too , bold promontories shoot out , and dip per- pendicularly into the bosom of the Mediterranean . The ragged limestone banks are scantily clothed with ...
... whole mountain - side , looking in many places like huge rents . Here and there , too , bold promontories shoot out , and dip per- pendicularly into the bosom of the Mediterranean . The ragged limestone banks are scantily clothed with ...
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... whole plant , supported on trellis , covered an area of fifty feet either way . The bunches of grapes weighed from ten to twelve pounds and the berries were like small plums . ' The olive in Phoenicia is at least as old as the Exodus ...
... whole plant , supported on trellis , covered an area of fifty feet either way . The bunches of grapes weighed from ten to twelve pounds and the berries were like small plums . ' The olive in Phoenicia is at least as old as the Exodus ...
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