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Página 404 - 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.
Página 4 - Is bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Mediterranean Sea.
Página 637 - ... cast upon it by the waves, a soil upon which they rapidly grow to overshadow its dazzling white surface. Entire trunks of trees, which are carried by the rivers from other countries and islands, find here, at length, a...
Página 419 - Ocean, on the east by the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, and on the south by the confluence of the Atlantic and Indian oceans off the Cape of Good Hope.
Página 102 - The district is bounded on the north and west by the Atlantic Ocean, on the east by the district of Arecibo, and on the south by the district of Mayaguez.
Página 637 - Even before the trees form a wood, the real sea-birds nestle there ; strayed land-birds take refuge in the bushes; and at a much later period, when the work has been long since completed, man also appears, builds his hut on the fruitful soil formed by the corruption of the leaves of the trees, and calls himself lord and proprietor of this new creation.
Página 80 - The variations of the barometer are less in high situations than in those at the level of the sea. " In Great Britain, upon an average of ten years, westerly winds exceed the easterly in the proportion of 225 to 140 ; and the northerly winds exceed the southerly, as 192 to 173. " Northerly winds almost invariably raise the barometer, while southerly winds as constantly depress it. " The most permanent rains from this climate come from the southern regions.
Página 545 - ... which, before the end of the year, forced the Austrian authorities and the Austrian soldiers to abandon the whole country, with the exception of Luxembourg and Limburg. The revolted provinces, nearly coextensive with the present kingdom of Belgium, declared their independence, and on January 10, 1790, formed themselves into a Federal republic, under the title of the United Belgic States. Up to this time the Belgian opposition had enjoyed the sympathy of Europe. They had resisted great and manifest...
Página 161 - It is bounded on the north and west by the North Sea, on the east by Germany (Hanover and Prussia), and on the south by Belgium.
Página 345 - Quarter and the Kingdom of the Yemen and on the South by the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. The...