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... hills , called the Coxilha Grande , traverses the country from north to south , forming two water- sheds , the eastern with an area of 4,325 , the west- ern 4,600 square leagues . At the same time an equally remarkable bisection of the ...
... hills , called the Coxilha Grande , traverses the country from north to south , forming two water- sheds , the eastern with an area of 4,325 , the west- ern 4,600 square leagues . At the same time an equally remarkable bisection of the ...
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Michael George Mulhall. appearance , although no higher than the hills of Derbyshire . The highest point of the Sierra Geral is Passo Santa Victoria , 3,200 feet over the sea- level . The principal rivers are the Jacuhy , Gravatahy ...
Michael George Mulhall. appearance , although no higher than the hills of Derbyshire . The highest point of the Sierra Geral is Passo Santa Victoria , 3,200 feet over the sea- level . The principal rivers are the Jacuhy , Gravatahy ...
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... hills near Bagè , and has a rapid course to Lake Patos , de- bouching by three mouths . The San Gonzalo is a canal 50 miles long , con- necting the two great lakes , Mirim and Patos , and watering the important city of Pelotas . It is ...
... hills near Bagè , and has a rapid course to Lake Patos , de- bouching by three mouths . The San Gonzalo is a canal 50 miles long , con- necting the two great lakes , Mirim and Patos , and watering the important city of Pelotas . It is ...
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... Hill , 14 feet above sea - level . Along the sea - shore there is a line of dunes , or sand - hills , which shift their position under the action of the wind . Mr. Frederick Sellow reports the hill - ranges of Herval and Tapes to be of ...
... Hill , 14 feet above sea - level . Along the sea - shore there is a line of dunes , or sand - hills , which shift their position under the action of the wind . Mr. Frederick Sellow reports the hill - ranges of Herval and Tapes to be of ...
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... hills . It is a port of considerable trade , vessels of 250 tons coming to moorings alongside the shore : here you see the black peons shipping hides for England , yonder they are discharging Chilian flour from M. Video ; some of these ...
... hills . It is a port of considerable trade , vessels of 250 tons coming to moorings alongside the shore : here you see the black peons shipping hides for England , yonder they are discharging Chilian flour from M. Video ; some of these ...
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