A Description and History of Vegetable Substances, Used in the Arts, and in Domestic Economy: Timber trees: fruits |
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... river Irrawaddy , in the Birman empire , the teak forests are unrivalled ; and they rise so far over the jungle or brushwood , by which tropical forests are usually rendered impenetrable , that they seem almost as if one forest were ...
... river Irrawaddy , in the Birman empire , the teak forests are unrivalled ; and they rise so far over the jungle or brushwood , by which tropical forests are usually rendered impenetrable , that they seem almost as if one forest were ...
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... river Ouse , and in the bottom of the adventitious soil of all Marshland , and round about by the skirts of the Lincolnshire Wolds , unto Gainsbury , Bawtry , Doncaster , Baln , Snaith , and Holden , are found vast multitudes of the ...
... river Ouse , and in the bottom of the adventitious soil of all Marshland , and round about by the skirts of the Lincolnshire Wolds , unto Gainsbury , Bawtry , Doncaster , Baln , Snaith , and Holden , are found vast multitudes of the ...
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... rivers , which , forming a lake , gave origin to the large turf- moors of that part of the country . The Romans themselves mention cutting down the British forests , as well for the purpose of making roads through the country , as to ...
... rivers , which , forming a lake , gave origin to the large turf- moors of that part of the country . The Romans themselves mention cutting down the British forests , as well for the purpose of making roads through the country , as to ...
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... river flowing from the one extremity to the eastern sea , and from the other to the western . When these bogs are situated high , and have their surfaces sloping , they are comparatively compact , though at a little distance from the ...
... river flowing from the one extremity to the eastern sea , and from the other to the western . When these bogs are situated high , and have their surfaces sloping , they are comparatively compact , though at a little distance from the ...
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... river Esk . The centre of the surface was comparatively flat , and consisted of very loose quag- mires , interspersed with hummocks , or hassocks , of coarse grass . Previous to the 16th of December there had been very heavy rains , and ...
... river Esk . The centre of the surface was comparatively flat , and consisted of very loose quag- mires , interspersed with hummocks , or hassocks , of coarse grass . Previous to the 16th of December there had been very heavy rains , and ...
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