The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 49National Geographic Society, 1926 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... streaming between his wings . " After a while he guessed he'd better ' sit down . ' He kicked off a flare ; but the can was slow dropping out and the para- chute caught on his tail skid , under the fuselage . Still , it lit up a pasture ...
... streaming between his wings . " After a while he guessed he'd better ' sit down . ' He kicked off a flare ; but the can was slow dropping out and the para- chute caught on his tail skid , under the fuselage . Still , it lit up a pasture ...
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... streams . Out of a grassy upland meadow Medi- cine Bow River hurried over the shoulder of the range down to the level floor of the valley , a dwindling dark avenue of ever- greens . It was on one of its forest - clad islets that Owen ...
... streams . Out of a grassy upland meadow Medi- cine Bow River hurried over the shoulder of the range down to the level floor of the valley , a dwindling dark avenue of ever- greens . It was on one of its forest - clad islets that Owen ...
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... stream bed . To - day , under present laws , mining operations must be conducted so that the tailings are impounded . Here we see two mountain creeks at their junction , pursuing a snakelike course through the bed of sand which has ...
... stream bed . To - day , under present laws , mining operations must be conducted so that the tailings are impounded . Here we see two mountain creeks at their junction , pursuing a snakelike course through the bed of sand which has ...
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... stream . Photograph by Captain A. W. Stevens AN AIR VIEW OF. Photograph by Captain A. W. Stevens " One of the first studies was to deter- mine whether visibility is absolutely nec- essary to flying , " reads an early Post Office report ...
... stream . Photograph by Captain A. W. Stevens AN AIR VIEW OF. Photograph by Captain A. W. Stevens " One of the first studies was to deter- mine whether visibility is absolutely nec- essary to flying , " reads an early Post Office report ...
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... stream of crystal - clear water , while the food which is served at the hotel would whet even the most jaded appetite . But we were not stopping this time . We pushed ahead to Girardot , which we reached that evening , and on the morrow ...
... stream of crystal - clear water , while the food which is served at the hotel would whet even the most jaded appetite . But we were not stopping this time . We pushed ahead to Girardot , which we reached that evening , and on the morrow ...
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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.
Page 306 - dust. The worldly hope men set their hearts upon Turns ashes, or it prospers ; and anon, Like snow upon the desert's dusty face, Lighting a little hour or two, is gone.
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.
Page 174 - Paracelsus": Are there not . . . dear Michal, Two points in the adventure of a diver, One—when, a beggar, he prepares to plunge. One—when, a prince, he rises with his pearl? The
Page 304 - with whom a thousand years are as one day and one day as a thousand years—
Page 549 - and not a soul to tell Why thou art desolate can e'er return.
Page 571 - Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out"; and
Page 457 - of the National Geographic Society by the first of the month to affect the following month's issue. For instance, if you desire the address changed for your May number, the Society should be notified of your new address not later than April first.
Page 191 - To enjoy true happiness, we must travel into a very far country, and even out of ourselves, for the Pearl we seek for is
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.