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... feet , and several attain the snow - line , being more than 3500 feet in elevation . Mount Sarmiento , on Magdalen Sound , is 6000 feet high . The shores are intersected by deep but narrow arms of the sea , on whose sides rise the ...
... feet , and several attain the snow - line , being more than 3500 feet in elevation . Mount Sarmiento , on Magdalen Sound , is 6000 feet high . The shores are intersected by deep but narrow arms of the sea , on whose sides rise the ...
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... feet above the level of the sea , with about 350 houses , and 2100 inhabitants , and manufactures of tin , to- bacco , brass and steel ware , & c . FULDA , the capital of the province , and the seat of its government and law courts , is ...
... feet above the level of the sea , with about 350 houses , and 2100 inhabitants , and manufactures of tin , to- bacco , brass and steel ware , & c . FULDA , the capital of the province , and the seat of its government and law courts , is ...
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... feet ; and the surface of the walls , floors , ceilings , & c . , was about 1,200,000 square feet . This surface was principally stone and brick , most of which had been lime - washed . A quantity of salt reduced to powder was mixed ...
... feet ; and the surface of the walls , floors , ceilings , & c . , was about 1,200,000 square feet . This surface was principally stone and brick , most of which had been lime - washed . A quantity of salt reduced to powder was mixed ...
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... feet ; the height of the hearth , from A to C , 8 feet ; from C to the top of the boshes at D , 8 feet . The diameter of the hearth from A to C increases from 3 feet to 34 feet . The extreme width at the top of the boshes D is 11 feet ...
... feet ; the height of the hearth , from A to C , 8 feet ; from C to the top of the boshes at D , 8 feet . The diameter of the hearth from A to C increases from 3 feet to 34 feet . The extreme width at the top of the boshes D is 11 feet ...
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... feet above the sea . Charles Island , now called La Floriana , is 20 miles long from north to south , and about 15 miles wide . There are few islands in the world whose volcanic origin is more incontestable than that of the Galapagos ...
... feet above the sea . Charles Island , now called La Floriana , is 20 miles long from north to south , and about 15 miles wide . There are few islands in the world whose volcanic origin is more incontestable than that of the Galapagos ...
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