The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 25; Volume 36National Geographic Society, 1914 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... contains the great uncut ruby that has turned black on account of the sins of the world and is now known as the Black Stone . He told us that Mecca was a sacred city centuries before Mo- hammed was born , and the Kaaba was already a ...
... contains the great uncut ruby that has turned black on account of the sins of the world and is now known as the Black Stone . He told us that Mecca was a sacred city centuries before Mo- hammed was born , and the Kaaba was already a ...
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... contains excellent ad- vice on daily life that is quite practical . When an Arab boy has learned to read the Koran , he is an excellent Arab scholar . The result of these public schools is that the younger generation can speak , read ...
... contains excellent ad- vice on daily life that is quite practical . When an Arab boy has learned to read the Koran , he is an excellent Arab scholar . The result of these public schools is that the younger generation can speak , read ...
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... contains a great deal of fat . One can always tell the condition of the animal by observing its hump . When a camel is weary , after a long march across the Sahara , its hump almost disappears , whereas when it starts out on a journey ...
... contains a great deal of fat . One can always tell the condition of the animal by observing its hump . When a camel is weary , after a long march across the Sahara , its hump almost disappears , whereas when it starts out on a journey ...
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... contains hundreds of thousands of palm trees , which bear a rather poor quality of dates . The oasis is irrigated by the small stream in the foreground killed by themselves , but refrain if their death has been caused by cold or the ...
... contains hundreds of thousands of palm trees , which bear a rather poor quality of dates . The oasis is irrigated by the small stream in the foreground killed by themselves , but refrain if their death has been caused by cold or the ...
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... containing from 22 to 66 pounds , loaded upon small donkeys , and taken to the adjacent village , to be transported later in large shipments to the nearest seaport CUTTING LEAVES BEFORE MAKING PALM WINE Photo by Lehnert and. 16 66.
... containing from 22 to 66 pounds , loaded upon small donkeys , and taken to the adjacent village , to be transported later in large shipments to the nearest seaport CUTTING LEAVES BEFORE MAKING PALM WINE Photo by Lehnert and. 16 66.
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