The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 52

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National Geographic Society, 1928 - Geography
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Page 93 - So naturalists observe a flea Hath smaller fleas, that on him prey; And these have smaller still to bite 'em, And so proceed ad infinitum. THE
Page 527 - Vasco da Gama, a gentleman of your household, came to my country, whereat I was pleased. My country is rich in cinnamon, cloves, ginger, pepper, and precious stones. That which I ask you in exchange is gold, silver, corals, and scarlet cloth.
Page 557 - They threw holy water over us and gave us some white earth, which the Christians of this country are in the habit of putting on their foreheads, breasts, around the neck, and on the forearms.
Page 652 - to . . . feel the need and hitches of our life more nearly; to come down off this feather bed of civilization and find the globe granite underfoot and
Page 303 - future flood disasters in the lower Mississippi is the adequate widening and raising of the levees on the main river and its backwater tributaries and the extensions of bank protection, with the possibility of special treatment in special situations in the lower valley.
Page 299 - the disasters accruing from an insufficient flood protection of the valley of the Mississippi are not local in effect, but react on the producers, consumers, manufacturers, distributors, and investors in all parts of the country.
Page 559 - one hundredweight of unwrought branch coral, and as much of vermilion, and a barrel of quicksilver, fifty pigs of copper, twenty strings of large cut coral, and as many of amber, and five
Page 527 - When this news reached Venice the whole city felt it greatly and remained stupefied, and the wisest held it as the worst news that had ever arrived.
Page 541 - laden with gold, silver, cloves, pepper, ginger, and silver rings, as also with quantities of pearls, jewels, and rubies.
Page 91 - the polecats of the insect world. Even in the cocoons of some moths and the chrysalis cases of some butterflies, protective devices are employed. The Southern Live-oak Moth has a cocoon that very closely resembles a live-oak terminal bud, especially as both twigs and cocoons are covered with small bits of lichen.

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