Littell's Living Age, Volume 86Littell, Son, 1864 |
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Page 92
... Land had become suddenly invaluable . The surface of Bombay is limited by nature as strictly as that of Great Britain , and , as usual in all great capitals , there is a narrow area abutting upon the water com- munication , within which ...
... Land had become suddenly invaluable . The surface of Bombay is limited by nature as strictly as that of Great Britain , and , as usual in all great capitals , there is a narrow area abutting upon the water com- munication , within which ...
Page 377
... land , and gives them feddan for feddan of his new land ( which will take five years to bring into cultivation ) instead . He forces them to sign a voluntary deed of exchange , or they go off to Feyzógh- loo , a hot Siberia , whence ...
... land , and gives them feddan for feddan of his new land ( which will take five years to bring into cultivation ) instead . He forces them to sign a voluntary deed of exchange , or they go off to Feyzógh- loo , a hot Siberia , whence ...
Page 540
... land - floe of Melville Bay . When the wind is from the south , the pack drifes into Melville Bay , but in that case the land - floe is a source of pro- tection , for , as the drifting ice presses against it , the land - ice , being ...
... land - floe of Melville Bay . When the wind is from the south , the pack drifes into Melville Bay , but in that case the land - floe is a source of pro- tection , for , as the drifting ice presses against it , the land - ice , being ...
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Pagan and Christian Sepulchres | 22 |
Atlantic Telegraph The | 41 |
Bursting of the Bombay Bubble | 92 |
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