The Journal of the Royal Geographic Society of London, 29 tomasJ. Murray, 1859 "List of geographical works and maps recently published" in vol. 6-11. |
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... cattle may be supported in the adjacent regions . Descending from the lofty Australian Alps of Strzelecki ( Mount Kosciusko ) , the Murray traverses tracts , some of which , as well as portions of the basin of the Murrumbidgee , have ...
... cattle may be supported in the adjacent regions . Descending from the lofty Australian Alps of Strzelecki ( Mount Kosciusko ) , the Murray traverses tracts , some of which , as well as portions of the basin of the Murrumbidgee , have ...
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... cattle . In Usagara the gradients are surmounted either by beds of mountain torrents or by breasting steep and stony hills , mere ladders of tree- root and loose stones : animals with burdens cannot ascend or de- scend them . The worst ...
... cattle . In Usagara the gradients are surmounted either by beds of mountain torrents or by breasting steep and stony hills , mere ladders of tree- root and loose stones : animals with burdens cannot ascend or de- scend them . The worst ...
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... cattle , imitations of bows and arrows pointing towards water , and heads of holcus . Sometimes a young tree is bent across the path and provided with a cross bar , here is a rush - gateway like the yoke of the ancients , or a platform ...
... cattle , imitations of bows and arrows pointing towards water , and heads of holcus . Sometimes a young tree is bent across the path and provided with a cross bar , here is a rush - gateway like the yoke of the ancients , or a platform ...
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... Cattle do not exist everywhere upon the coast , but all the villages are rich in poultry and goats . Grain is brought in from the interior by the wild people after the great rains , or about the month of June ; at other times they ...
... Cattle do not exist everywhere upon the coast , but all the villages are rich in poultry and goats . Grain is brought in from the interior by the wild people after the great rains , or about the month of June ; at other times they ...
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... cattle . At the Ngoma Ku , or great dance , which celebrates every event in these realms of revelry , only the Diwans may perform the morris with drawn swords before the admiring multitudes . A subject detected in intrigue with the wife ...
... cattle . At the Ngoma Ku , or great dance , which celebrates every event in these realms of revelry , only the Diwans may perform the morris with drawn swords before the admiring multitudes . A subject detected in intrigue with the wife ...
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