The Family Magazine, Or, General Abstract of Useful Knowledge, Volume 2Redfield & Lindsay, 1843 |
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... trees , and streams of water in abundance . The bluff point of Ras - el - Shukkah , which had been called , according to Strabo , the Face of God , from an idea of its being the end of Lebanon , looked from hence quite insignificant ...
... trees , and streams of water in abundance . The bluff point of Ras - el - Shukkah , which had been called , according to Strabo , the Face of God , from an idea of its being the end of Lebanon , looked from hence quite insignificant ...
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... trees of the forest serve instead of stakes , to which cross pieces of timber are fastened , which support the other stakes ; a man may easily pass through this pal- isado ; there is another great opening , through which the Elephant ...
... trees of the forest serve instead of stakes , to which cross pieces of timber are fastened , which support the other stakes ; a man may easily pass through this pal- isado ; there is another great opening , through which the Elephant ...
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... trees out of the reach of these voracious animals . Supper was then cooked , and the weary travellers ranging themselves round the fire with their feet towards it , at length slept in warmth and comfort , without any other canopy than ...
... trees out of the reach of these voracious animals . Supper was then cooked , and the weary travellers ranging themselves round the fire with their feet towards it , at length slept in warmth and comfort , without any other canopy than ...
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... trees , and with their tusks they root out the trees . One may judge of their strength by their agility , considering at the same time the bulk of their body ; they walk as fast as a small horse on the trot , and when they run , they ...
... trees , and with their tusks they root out the trees . One may judge of their strength by their agility , considering at the same time the bulk of their body ; they walk as fast as a small horse on the trot , and when they run , they ...
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... tree , bent it down across the loins of the lion , and thus forced the tortured animal to quit his hold ! My friend's ... trees , and a fine thick covert of grass and rushes . Few of us , however , expecting to find a tiger , another man ...
... tree , bent it down across the loins of the lion , and thus forced the tortured animal to quit his hold ! My friend's ... trees , and a fine thick covert of grass and rushes . Few of us , however , expecting to find a tiger , another man ...
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