The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 51National Geographic Society, 1927 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... close to the eastern extremity of Cuba that you can almost wave to the native fishermen ashore . Far off to port rise the hazy crests of the mountains of Haiti , at whose base is Mole St. Nicolas , so well remembered in modern times as ...
... close to the eastern extremity of Cuba that you can almost wave to the native fishermen ashore . Far off to port rise the hazy crests of the mountains of Haiti , at whose base is Mole St. Nicolas , so well remembered in modern times as ...
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... close at hand in this holiday spot , where oysters grow on trees ( see illustration , page 34 ) , and at night , from the win- dows of the small , but very charming , Casa Blanca Hotel , one can see far below , in the depths of the ...
... close at hand in this holiday spot , where oysters grow on trees ( see illustration , page 34 ) , and at night , from the win- dows of the small , but very charming , Casa Blanca Hotel , one can see far below , in the depths of the ...
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... close in again behind their truly dangerous end . How many the minnows lose to these treacherous creatures I do not know , but for long periods a single school of squids will hang upon their flanks , move in slowly , and then , each ...
... close in again behind their truly dangerous end . How many the minnows lose to these treacherous creatures I do not know , but for long periods a single school of squids will hang upon their flanks , move in slowly , and then , each ...
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... close , except when the sucking ground swell , tugging them alter- nately this way and that , for comfort drives them from hiding ( see page 81 ) . From a boat overhead a fisherman has for the most part only fleeting glimpses of them in ...
... close , except when the sucking ground swell , tugging them alter- nately this way and that , for comfort drives them from hiding ( see page 81 ) . From a boat overhead a fisherman has for the most part only fleeting glimpses of them in ...
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... close the door behind them by drawing in a piece of dead coral large enough to block the entry . They commonly live alone ; but , in spite of the fact that their days are largely spent in upward gazing , they know where one another's ...
... close the door behind them by drawing in a piece of dead coral large enough to block the entry . They commonly live alone ; but , in spite of the fact that their days are largely spent in upward gazing , they know where one another's ...
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