The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 49National Geographic Society, 1926 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... nearly as large as a .. 256 Punishment , Oriental : Mongolia .... ..199 , ill . 201 Punishments : Rothenburg , Germany . Puritans : England Puritans : South Carolina . Purumame Falls , Uraricoera River , Brazil . Read , N. H .: Mount ...
... nearly as large as a .. 256 Punishment , Oriental : Mongolia .... ..199 , ill . 201 Punishments : Rothenburg , Germany . Puritans : England Puritans : South Carolina . Purumame Falls , Uraricoera River , Brazil . Read , N. H .: Mount ...
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... nearly 500 miles long . And they must know them under all the confusing conditions of which one . can possibly conceive - forward or back- ward , wrapped in haze or fog , swept bare or buried in snow , under the trembling light of the ...
... nearly 500 miles long . And they must know them under all the confusing conditions of which one . can possibly conceive - forward or back- ward , wrapped in haze or fog , swept bare or buried in snow , under the trembling light of the ...
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... nearly every tourist who has visited the City of Canals , there is a picture of the traveler feeding these birds before Saint Mark's ( see page 83 ) . Madison Square , New York ; the steps of Saint Paul's Cathedral in London , from ...
... nearly every tourist who has visited the City of Canals , there is a picture of the traveler feeding these birds before Saint Mark's ( see page 83 ) . Madison Square , New York ; the steps of Saint Paul's Cathedral in London , from ...
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... nearly 34 inches in length . This particular species ( Goura victoria ) inhabits the islands of Jobi and Mysori . urayama National Geographic Society PARK PIGEONS Painting from life by. I PIGEONS OF RESPLENDENT PLUMAGE.
... nearly 34 inches in length . This particular species ( Goura victoria ) inhabits the islands of Jobi and Mysori . urayama National Geographic Society PARK PIGEONS Painting from life by. I PIGEONS OF RESPLENDENT PLUMAGE.
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... Nearly every home has at least one bird , and pigeons vie in popularity with parrots , pheasants , and canaries . Pigeon eggs are also a prized article of food . Peking manufactures many of the ingenious pigeon whistles ( see ...
... Nearly every home has at least one bird , and pigeons vie in popularity with parrots , pheasants , and canaries . Pigeon eggs are also a prized article of food . Peking manufactures many of the ingenious pigeon whistles ( see ...
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Page 72 - Yet to be come at by the breeze; He did not cease, but cooed and cooed, And somewhat pensively he wooed; He sang of love, with quiet blending, Slow to begin and never ending; Of serious faith and inward glee, That was the song, the song for me.
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Page 67 - I heard a stock-dove sing or say His homely tale, this very day; His voice was buried among trees, Yet to be come at by the breeze; He did not cease, but cooed and cooed, And somewhat pensively he wooed; He sang of love, with quiet blending, Slow to begin and never ending; Of serious faith and inward glee, That was the song, the song for me.
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Page 611 - summit was ever seen, we took the liberty of giving it a name. It will appear on our maps as Mount Logan, in honor of Sir William E. Logan, founder and long director of the Geological Survey of Canada.