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There would be nothing surprising in this visitation were it not for the apparent
absence of any means of communication from outside, the level of which is six
feet above that of the cellar ; there is no drain near that part of the house. There is
a ...
There would be nothing surprising in this visitation were it not for the apparent
absence of any means of communication from outside, the level of which is six
feet above that of the cellar ; there is no drain near that part of the house. There is
a ...
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Here is a short extract from my journal, which will give some idea of the every-day
sights we saw on the banks of the Lower Congo, 1700 feet above the sea, and
250 miles distant from it : — ' " ' At the bottom of a piece of swampy ground I ...
Here is a short extract from my journal, which will give some idea of the every-day
sights we saw on the banks of the Lower Congo, 1700 feet above the sea, and
250 miles distant from it : — ' " ' At the bottom of a piece of swampy ground I ...
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They were growing in small clear pools only a few miles apart in the valley of the
Nile, at an altitude of about 3000 feet above the sea. “One of the most interesting
botanical discoveries I made in the forest was the discovery of a wild orangetree
...
They were growing in small clear pools only a few miles apart in the valley of the
Nile, at an altitude of about 3000 feet above the sea. “One of the most interesting
botanical discoveries I made in the forest was the discovery of a wild orangetree
...
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He tells me that if a dense fog covered the whole of London, and lasted all day,
the additional amount of gas consumed would be 30 million cubic feet ; but since
so extensive a fog as this probably never exists, and certainly never lasts all day,
...
He tells me that if a dense fog covered the whole of London, and lasted all day,
the additional amount of gas consumed would be 30 million cubic feet ; but since
so extensive a fog as this probably never exists, and certainly never lasts all day,
...
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Dr. Hitchcock, who was the first to submit these tracks to careful scientific
examination, concluded that they had been produced by the feet of birds which
must have been at least four times larger than an ostrich. The great size of some
of these ...
Dr. Hitchcock, who was the first to submit these tracks to careful scientific
examination, concluded that they had been produced by the feet of birds which
must have been at least four times larger than an ostrich. The great size of some
of these ...
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