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... nearly 100 m . The route runs beside a small range of hills called Jebel Jobbah , a cluster of black granite rocks streaked with red , about 700 ft . high . Be- yond them , on the south , is a barren plain , partly white and incrusted ...
... nearly 100 m . The route runs beside a small range of hills called Jebel Jobbah , a cluster of black granite rocks streaked with red , about 700 ft . high . Be- yond them , on the south , is a barren plain , partly white and incrusted ...
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... nearly plantigrade and usually naked beneath ; mam- mæ six to ten ; feet five - toed , each with a claw . Their food consists of insects , worms , and mol- lusks , though they sometimes destroy small vertebrates and devour each other ...
... nearly plantigrade and usually naked beneath ; mam- mæ six to ten ; feet five - toed , each with a claw . Their food consists of insects , worms , and mol- lusks , though they sometimes destroy small vertebrates and devour each other ...
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... nearly to death , The dialectical variations are numerous , and and then casting him loaded into the river . the language is spoken well only in Bangkok The military force is small , and is disciplined and by persons educated there ...
... nearly to death , The dialectical variations are numerous , and and then casting him loaded into the river . the language is spoken well only in Bangkok The military force is small , and is disciplined and by persons educated there ...
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... nearly on a level with the sea , the river freezes over in the be- ginning of September , and is not again free from ice till the beginning of June . The sea begins to freeze in October , but the cold at this time is somewhat diminished ...
... nearly on a level with the sea , the river freezes over in the be- ginning of September , and is not again free from ice till the beginning of June . The sea begins to freeze in October , but the cold at this time is somewhat diminished ...
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... nearly all mere torrents , dry or nearly so in summer , but swelling into floods during the seasons of heavy rains ; and few of them are navigable even at their mouths . The largest lake is that of Lentini , near the E. coast , between ...
... nearly all mere torrents , dry or nearly so in summer , but swelling into floods during the seasons of heavy rains ; and few of them are navigable even at their mouths . The largest lake is that of Lentini , near the E. coast , between ...
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