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Page xxviii
... springs on the slight elevations . above the swamps , in the dells , and around the lakes . By drainage , a large ... spring . Besides these swamps , there are stone bogs on all high land , caused by the breaking up of the tufa rocks ...
... springs on the slight elevations . above the swamps , in the dells , and around the lakes . By drainage , a large ... spring . Besides these swamps , there are stone bogs on all high land , caused by the breaking up of the tufa rocks ...
Page xxx
... spring , 36 ° 9 ' ; of the summer , 53 ° 6 ′ ; of the autumn , 37 ° 9 ′ ; of the warmest month , July , 56 ° 3 ′ ; of the coldest month , February , 28 ° 22 ′ . Horrebow , in Bessa- stathr , found the hottest day , in the years 1749 ...
... spring , 36 ° 9 ' ; of the summer , 53 ° 6 ′ ; of the autumn , 37 ° 9 ′ ; of the warmest month , July , 56 ° 3 ′ ; of the coldest month , February , 28 ° 22 ′ . Horrebow , in Bessa- stathr , found the hottest day , in the years 1749 ...
Page xxxvii
... spring . Typhus and small- pox have swept the country . Leprosy is by no means un- common : it is very prevalent in Grimsey and the Westmann Islands , taking the form of elephantiasis . In Catholic times there were hospitals in the ...
... spring . Typhus and small- pox have swept the country . Leprosy is by no means un- common : it is very prevalent in Grimsey and the Westmann Islands , taking the form of elephantiasis . In Catholic times there were hospitals in the ...
Page xl
... springs for delights . Happy , I say , the race whose poverty no one envies , and happiest in this , that they have now all received Christianity . There are many remarkable points among their customs , especially charity , from which ...
... springs for delights . Happy , I say , the race whose poverty no one envies , and happiest in this , that they have now all received Christianity . There are many remarkable points among their customs , especially charity , from which ...
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... spring sofa . Next day he advertised that his steamer was going in search of the cratur , and he charged a dollar and a half for any one who would come with him , food and liquor extra . Sure enough , he got a ship's load , and they all ...
... spring sofa . Next day he advertised that his steamer was going in search of the cratur , and he charged a dollar and a half for any one who would come with him , food and liquor extra . Sure enough , he got a ship's load , and they all ...
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