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... flood , and are consequently enclosed with high earthen banks , frequently planted with bamboo , the view is monotonous , and the demand upon the traveller's patience is considerable . We had to journey up the river from Osaka to ...
... flood , and are consequently enclosed with high earthen banks , frequently planted with bamboo , the view is monotonous , and the demand upon the traveller's patience is considerable . We had to journey up the river from Osaka to ...
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... flood time ; and now , though only about one - sixth of the actual area of the country is under wet cultivation , this has nearly all been wrested and held from the periodical domination of the rain- floods by works of undoubted skill ...
... flood time ; and now , though only about one - sixth of the actual area of the country is under wet cultivation , this has nearly all been wrested and held from the periodical domination of the rain- floods by works of undoubted skill ...
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... flood imperilling the lives and property of the scared and anxious villagers who congregate to watch and strengthen ... flood - gates that close against the main river when its waters rise , and when the rivers are in flood by E a long ...
... flood imperilling the lives and property of the scared and anxious villagers who congregate to watch and strengthen ... flood - gates that close against the main river when its waters rise , and when the rivers are in flood by E a long ...
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... flood from the rugged sides of Ontake - san , fifty miles away to the north - east , and collected here to be formed into rafts for transport down the river to the ports on the bay of Ōwari . South of Inuyama we found another elevated ...
... flood from the rugged sides of Ontake - san , fifty miles away to the north - east , and collected here to be formed into rafts for transport down the river to the ports on the bay of Ōwari . South of Inuyama we found another elevated ...
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... flood - banks , crossing several times by boat , and getting an idea of what the railway crossing would be like . The Kisō is one of the largest rivers in Japan , subject to heavy floods from the hilly country of its upper course ; and ...
... flood - banks , crossing several times by boat , and getting an idea of what the railway crossing would be like . The Kisō is one of the largest rivers in Japan , subject to heavy floods from the hilly country of its upper course ; and ...
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Eight Years in Japan, 1873-1881: Work, Travel, and Recreation Edmund Gregory Holtham Vista completa - 1883 |
Eight Years in Japan, 1873-1881: Work, Travel, and Recreation Edmund Gregory Holtham Vista completa - 1883 |
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