The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 79National Geographic Society, 1941 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 125
... rock . After scrutinizing this rock carefully , we began tearing away the turf and soil . Our suspicion that it was a marker was well founded , for some 400 square feet of flat rock appeared , and this , when swept clean of soil , was ...
... rock . After scrutinizing this rock carefully , we began tearing away the turf and soil . Our suspicion that it was a marker was well founded , for some 400 square feet of flat rock appeared , and this , when swept clean of soil , was ...
Page 357
... rocks masses of coral . One man lifts the rock and another slides the net under it so that the fishes are caught as they drop back into the water . If the rock is too heavy to lift , the net is set at one side and the fishes are chased ...
... rocks masses of coral . One man lifts the rock and another slides the net under it so that the fishes are caught as they drop back into the water . If the rock is too heavy to lift , the net is set at one side and the fishes are chased ...
Page 595
... rock . The fact that the site they had chosen was a high , rounded hill of almost soilless rock did not discourage them , as it has failed to discourage their descendants , whose heads have been unbowed by even such a catastrophe as the ...
... rock . The fact that the site they had chosen was a high , rounded hill of almost soilless rock did not discourage them , as it has failed to discourage their descendants , whose heads have been unbowed by even such a catastrophe as the ...
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