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" ... simply because it contains no running water, and very little water in wells. It is by no means destitute of vegetation and inhabitants, for it is covered with grass and a great variety of creeping plants ; besides which there are large patches of... "
Manual of modern geography, mathematical, physical, and political - Página 494
por Alexander Mackay - 1870
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The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine

1858 - 1194 páginas
...and very little water in wells, yet it is by no means destitute of vegetation, or of inhabitants : for, " it is covered with grass, and a great variety...there are large patches of bushes, and even trees." Some of its products are of a very remarkable kind ; hut the most surprising plant is the water-melon,...
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The United Presbyterian Magazine

1857 - 588 páginas
...running water, and very little water in wells. It is by no means destitute of vegetation and inhabitants, for it is covered with grass and a great variety of...parts by the beds of ancient rivers ; and prodigious herds of certain antelopes, which require little or no water, roam over the trackless plains. The inhabitants,...
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Southern Literary Messenger, Volumen5;Volumen26

1858 - 518 páginas
...than the most powerful armies or fleets. The manner of procuring water is very singular. The country is remarkably flat, but intersected in different parts by the beds of ancient rivers, cutting through a soil of light-coloured soft sand, nearly pure silica. These beds contain much alluvial...
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Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volumen43

John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1858 - 924 páginas
...than passing through it. It is described as " by no means destitute of vegetation and inhabitants ; for it is covered with grass and a great variety of creeping plants." It has, however, no running water, and very little in wells. Travelers have to depend upon the wild...
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The Monthly herald, Volumen1

1858 - 918 páginas
...water, and very little water in weils. It is by no means destitute of vegetation and inhabitants, lor it is covered with grass and a great variety of creeping plants ; beside which there are large patches of bushes and even trees. It is remarkably flat, but intersected...
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Manual of modern geography, mathematical, physical, and political

Alexander Mackay - 1861 - 790 páginas
...menns destitute of vegetation, for it is rovervd with grass and a great variety of creeping planta, besides which there are large patches of bushes and even trees. It is remarkably Hut, but intersected in different parts by the beds of ancient rivers ; and prodigious flocks of certain...
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Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa: Including a Sketch of ...

David Livingstone - 1868 - 810 páginas
...running water, and very little water in wells. It is by no means destitute of vegetation and inhabitants, for it is covered with grass and a great variety of...parts by the beds of ancient rivers ; and prodigious herds of certain antelopes, which require little or no water, roam over the trackless plains. The inhabitants,...
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Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa: Including a Sketch of ...

David Livingstone - 1872 - 806 páginas
...running water, and very little water in wells. It is by no means destitute of vegetation and inhabitants, for it is covered with grass and a great variety of...parts by the beds of ancient rivers ; and prodigious herds of certain antelopes, which require little or no water, roam over the trackless plains. The inhabitants,...
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Travels in South Africa

1872 - 424 páginas
...northward into the Kalihari Desert. This is not a sandy region, destitute of vegetable and animal life, for it is covered with grass and a great variety of...are large patches of bushes, and even trees. It is flat, but occasionally crossed by the beds of ancient rivers, and the abundant grass supports immense...
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Manual of modern geography, mathematical, physical, and political

Alexander Mackay - 1876 - 720 páginas
...stranger can form no conception of the place where the precious fluid is stowed away. The tract of rountry extending from the Orange River to Lake Ngami, and...patches of bushes and even trees. It is remarkably Hat, but intersected in different parts bv the beds of ancient rivers ; and prodigious flocks of a...
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