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Page 148
... hill to hill , and seemed to be good ground , with woods and harbours . Either of these places , as they are Islands at a considerable distance from the Continent , is the Island in question described , but all the 148 MINUTES , ROYAL ...
... hill to hill , and seemed to be good ground , with woods and harbours . Either of these places , as they are Islands at a considerable distance from the Continent , is the Island in question described , but all the 148 MINUTES , ROYAL ...
Page 297
... hill of lava and basaltic rock , 1427 ft . in height , and bears evidence of having been originally a volcanic vent . Its inhabitants , in 1909 , comprised one old man and his wife . Politically , it was a dependency of Taiarapu ; and ...
... hill of lava and basaltic rock , 1427 ft . in height , and bears evidence of having been originally a volcanic vent . Its inhabitants , in 1909 , comprised one old man and his wife . Politically , it was a dependency of Taiarapu ; and ...
Page 313
... hill in order to see whether the sea on the other side of the island was visible from thence . They found this impracticable because the hill in question proved to have others of exceeding great height in front of it ; and all they saw ...
... hill in order to see whether the sea on the other side of the island was visible from thence . They found this impracticable because the hill in question proved to have others of exceeding great height in front of it ; and all they saw ...
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List of PLATES and CHARTS | xi |
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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST of MSS and printed Books | lxx |
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