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Africa Alps America ancient Arctic Ocean Area Asia Atlantic Austria Baltic basin birth-place Black Sea bounded Britain British called Cape capital Caspian Sea celebrated centre Channel chief towns chiefly climate coal cotton Danube defeated districts earth England equal equator Europe extends famous feet high fertile Firth Firth of Clyde fisheries flowing France German Ocean grain Gulf heat India Ireland Irish Sea iron islands Isles Italy lakes land large exports large trade largest latitude Loch Lower Guinea maize manufactures Mediterranean middle miles east miles long miles north miles south miles south-east Mountains mouth NATURAL FEATURES.-The nearly north-east north-west northern Norway numerous peninsula PEOPLE.-The plain population port principal PRODUCTIONS.-The range Rhine rivers Roman Russia Scotland Sea of Galilee Sea of Marmara seaport shores side silk slope Solway Firth South-east of London south-west southern Spain square miles Strait surface Sweden tributaries Turkey valleys vapour Wales
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Page 215 - So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
Page 20 - Scotland, on the East by the German Ocean, on the South by the English Channel, and on the West by St.
Page 12 - Is bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Mediterranean Sea.
Page 128 - Elam ; on the south by the Persian Gulf ; and on the west by the Arabian desert. It constitutes the largest portion of the country now known as "Iraq el Arabi.
Page 58 - It is bounded on the North by the Arctic Ocean ; on the East by the Pacific Ocean ; on the South by the Indian Ocean ; and on the West by the Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the Caspian Sea, and the Oural Mountains.
Page 146 - ... is bounded on the north by the Mediterranean, on the west by the Atlantic, on the south by the southern ocean, on the east by the Red sea and the Indian ocean.
Page 168 - America is bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean ; on the south by the Antarctic Ocean ; on the east by the Atlantic ; and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.
Page 142 - AFBJCA is bounded on the North by the Mediterranean ; on the West by the Atlantic ; and on the East by the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea.
Page 47 - Ireland is bounded on the east by the North Channel, Irish Sea, and St. George's Channel ; and on the south, west, and north, by the Atlantic Ocean.
Page xix - It is a fact, not a little interesting to Englishmen, and, combined with our insular station in that great highway of nations, the Atlantic, not a little explanatory of our commercial eminence, that London* occupies nearly the centre of the terrestrial hemisphere.