The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 72National Geographic Society., 1938 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 183
... thousands and thousands of square miles of the Arctic tundra that no civilized man ever sees , and thought of the tens of thousands of vibrant throats pouring forth their melodies for ears not akin to man's , I realized how insignifi ...
... thousands and thousands of square miles of the Arctic tundra that no civilized man ever sees , and thought of the tens of thousands of vibrant throats pouring forth their melodies for ears not akin to man's , I realized how insignifi ...
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... thousands of inland islands . Like a lazy field hand the river drops its silt along its banks , then the channel narrows , twists , and bends to avoid its self - made obstruction . Five or ten miles back of its course the land is lower ...
... thousands of inland islands . Like a lazy field hand the river drops its silt along its banks , then the channel narrows , twists , and bends to avoid its self - made obstruction . Five or ten miles back of its course the land is lower ...
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... thousands of miles thick , enormous flamelike clouds of hot , rosy - red hydrogen gas , called prominences , shoot up , some moving as much as 100 miles a second . Some of them have been seen to extend out from the sun as much as ...
... thousands of miles thick , enormous flamelike clouds of hot , rosy - red hydrogen gas , called prominences , shoot up , some moving as much as 100 miles a second . Some of them have been seen to extend out from the sun as much as ...
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Algonquian Indians | 57 |
Soaring Heights of New Hampshire Attract | 73 |
Admiral Byrds Second | 105 |
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