Australia as it is: Its Settlements, Farms, and Gold Fields, Том 1Colburn, 1852 - Всего страниц: 317 |
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... hills blaze up with crimson and gold fringed with sparkling silver : the tints of heaven's own iris are scattered over the sky , and the extended plains to the very horizon are tinged with pink . Even the cities and dwel- ling - places ...
... hills blaze up with crimson and gold fringed with sparkling silver : the tints of heaven's own iris are scattered over the sky , and the extended plains to the very horizon are tinged with pink . Even the cities and dwel- ling - places ...
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... hills with such refulgence , that everything for miles around is distinctly visible . The light of both the sun and the moon is more intense than in Britain . I should say the difference is as five to three . The climate throughout the ...
... hills with such refulgence , that everything for miles around is distinctly visible . The light of both the sun and the moon is more intense than in Britain . I should say the difference is as five to three . The climate throughout the ...
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... hills and forests at the extremity of vision actually seem painted on the horizon . On the plains the atmosphere is rarely humid , except when it rains ; fogs , to the best of my knowledge , never occur ; and mists not oftener than once ...
... hills and forests at the extremity of vision actually seem painted on the horizon . On the plains the atmosphere is rarely humid , except when it rains ; fogs , to the best of my knowledge , never occur ; and mists not oftener than once ...
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... cur , and sometimes water - spouts burst among the hills , and inundate the country for miles around . The latter are , however , only of rare Occurrence . CHAPTER VI . The farms of Australia - Agriculture and H 2 AS IT IS . 99.
... cur , and sometimes water - spouts burst among the hills , and inundate the country for miles around . The latter are , however , only of rare Occurrence . CHAPTER VI . The farms of Australia - Agriculture and H 2 AS IT IS . 99.
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... hills eastward of Adelaide ; then spread westward towards the sea ; and in a short time rapidly extended southward and northward . The early agriculturists found the sirocco a devastating enemy , scorching up acre after acre of fine ...
... hills eastward of Adelaide ; then spread westward towards the sea ; and in a short time rapidly extended southward and northward . The early agriculturists found the sirocco a devastating enemy , scorching up acre after acre of fine ...
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Australia as it is: Its Settlements, Farms, and Gold Fields, Том 1 Francis Lancelott Полный просмотр - 1852 |
Australia as it is: Its Settlements, Farms, and Gold Fields, Том 1 Francis Lancelott Полный просмотр - 1852 |
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