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On December 30 , Sir Herbert Stewart set out with about 1,100 officers and men , and on January 2 he seized the Gakdůl Wells , 95 miles from Kôrti ; after one day he returned with the greater part of his force to Kôrti ( January 5 ) to ...
On December 30 , Sir Herbert Stewart set out with about 1,100 officers and men , and on January 2 he seized the Gakdůl Wells , 95 miles from Kôrti ; after one day he returned with the greater part of his force to Kôrti ( January 5 ) to ...
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At Raamah , about 38 miles north of Iswan , limestone is met with , and immediately north of it is the sandstone of ... which was nearly a mile wide and 50 feet deep , lies on the right of the hill in which the quarries are , and is now ...
At Raamah , about 38 miles north of Iswan , limestone is met with , and immediately north of it is the sandstone of ... which was nearly a mile wide and 50 feet deep , lies on the right of the hill in which the quarries are , and is now ...
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... the distance by river is about 1,560 miles ; from Kharțûm to Aswân is 1,165 miles ; and from Aswân to the sea about 748 miles more , i.e. , 3,473 miles ; but if we include the length of any of the larger tributaries of Lake Victoria ...
... the distance by river is about 1,560 miles ; from Kharțûm to Aswân is 1,165 miles ; and from Aswân to the sea about 748 miles more , i.e. , 3,473 miles ; but if we include the length of any of the larger tributaries of Lake Victoria ...
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Lake Victoria lies between the parallels of latitude 2 ' N. and 3 ° S. , and the meridians of 31 ° 40 ' and 35 ° E. of Greenwich , about 4,670 feet above the sea , and is 1,625 feet higher than Lake Albert ; it is 160 miles long , 200 ...
Lake Victoria lies between the parallels of latitude 2 ' N. and 3 ° S. , and the meridians of 31 ° 40 ' and 35 ° E. of Greenwich , about 4,670 feet above the sea , and is 1,625 feet higher than Lake Albert ; it is 160 miles long , 200 ...
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The Bahr al - Ghazal flows into the Nile on its west bank , and 60 miles further on the Sobat River Aows into it from the east or right bank . From the latter river to Kharțûm , a distance of about 598 miles , the White Nile flows ...
The Bahr al - Ghazal flows into the Nile on its west bank , and 60 miles further on the Sobat River Aows into it from the east or right bank . From the latter river to Kharțûm , a distance of about 598 miles , the White Nile flows ...
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Page 412 - And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour. And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
Page 370 - PRAISE be to God, the Lord of all creatures, the most merciful, the king of the day of judgment. Thee do we worship, and of thee do we beg assistance. Direct us in the right way, in the way of those to whom thou hast been gracious ; not of those against whom thou art incensed, nor of those who go astray...
Page 117 - His Britannic Majesty's Government declare that they have no intention of altering the political status of Egypt. The Government of the French Republic, for their part, declare that they will not obstruct the action of Great Britain in that country by asking that a limit of time be fixed for the British occupation or in any other manner...
Page 339 - Sirat. which they say is laid over the midst of hell, and described to be finer than a hair, and sharper than the edge of a sword...
Page 379 - If these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed.
Page 13 - And forty days were fulfilled for him ; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed : and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.
Page 411 - And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
Page 13 - God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Page 13 - For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.