The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 87National Geographic Society, 1945 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 57
... nearly a hundred miles away . Day and night for nearly two weeks the Mula Mulai struggled against the wind , work- ing her way slowly eastward off the coast of south Celebes . Again and again sails were torn and rigging damaged ...
... nearly a hundred miles away . Day and night for nearly two weeks the Mula Mulai struggled against the wind , work- ing her way slowly eastward off the coast of south Celebes . Again and again sails were torn and rigging damaged ...
Page 163
... nearly 2,000,000 barrels a day would take a railroad train 33,570 miles long ! " Next to oil , meat is our biggest industry , " says the cattleman . " We've got more than 21,000,000 meat - bearing animals . If all these were rolled into ...
... nearly 2,000,000 barrels a day would take a railroad train 33,570 miles long ! " Next to oil , meat is our biggest industry , " says the cattleman . " We've got more than 21,000,000 meat - bearing animals . If all these were rolled into ...
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... nearly proved my undoing , for the river suddenly became a series of long deep pools , too deep to wade , and the growth on each bank was so dense that nearly every yard of progress meant cutting vines and all manner of thorny growth ...
... nearly proved my undoing , for the river suddenly became a series of long deep pools , too deep to wade , and the growth on each bank was so dense that nearly every yard of progress meant cutting vines and all manner of thorny growth ...
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