The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 74National Geographic Society, 1938 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 272
... night watching the mouth . of each burrow ? No. We simply placed matchsticks upright in the entrance to the nest hole . For six nights those matchsticks were not knocked down , proving that there had been no visit by the adults . On the ...
... night watching the mouth . of each burrow ? No. We simply placed matchsticks upright in the entrance to the nest hole . For six nights those matchsticks were not knocked down , proving that there had been no visit by the adults . On the ...
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... night after our arrival brought the new moon which signaled the end of the month of Ramadan , most sacred of Mo- hammedan fasts . Broadway at 42d Street on New Year's Eve is tame by comparison with the noisy celebration that lasted all ...
... night after our arrival brought the new moon which signaled the end of the month of Ramadan , most sacred of Mo- hammedan fasts . Broadway at 42d Street on New Year's Eve is tame by comparison with the noisy celebration that lasted all ...
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... night . Above the street hung huge banners with painted pictures instructing the people how to avoid getting cholera - by not buying cut fruit and by killing flies . At night for weeks we slept but slightly , for the hammering with ...
... night . Above the street hung huge banners with painted pictures instructing the people how to avoid getting cholera - by not buying cut fruit and by killing flies . At night for weeks we slept but slightly , for the hammering with ...
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GuamPerch of the China Clippers By MARGARET M HIGGINS | 99 |
Boyhood Recollections and Recent Observations by An American | 419 |
In the Land of Moses and Abraham 25 illustrations in color from natural color photographs | 432 |
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