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... north to Black Sea , and the depressed area to the north south of from 200 or 300 to nearly 700 miles . It varies in color from dark brown to black , and in thickness from a foot or two up to six or seven yards , occasionally reaching ...
... north to Black Sea , and the depressed area to the north south of from 200 or 300 to nearly 700 miles . It varies in color from dark brown to black , and in thickness from a foot or two up to six or seven yards , occasionally reaching ...
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... north of Milwaukee . A fine water power is afforded by the falls of the Black River , and there are flour and lumber mills , wagon and other factories , foundaries , machine shops , and nurseries . There are iron mines in the ...
... north of Milwaukee . A fine water power is afforded by the falls of the Black River , and there are flour and lumber mills , wagon and other factories , foundaries , machine shops , and nurseries . There are iron mines in the ...
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... North American Birds ' ( Boston 1874 ) ; Ingersoll , ' Wild Life of Orchard and Field ' ( 1902 ) . Blackbreast , a local name among Ameri- can sportsmen for ( 1 ) the black - bellied plover ( Charadrius squatarola ) ; ( 2 ) the dunlin ...
... North American Birds ' ( Boston 1874 ) ; Ingersoll , ' Wild Life of Orchard and Field ' ( 1902 ) . Blackbreast , a local name among Ameri- can sportsmen for ( 1 ) the black - bellied plover ( Charadrius squatarola ) ; ( 2 ) the dunlin ...
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... North Pacific G. scammoni . Sailors give the name " blackfish " to the " caaing , " or " pilot " whale ( q.v. ) , and to various other small ceta- ceans . Consult : Bullen , Cruise of the Cacha- lot ' ; Scammon , Marine Mammals of North ...
... North Pacific G. scammoni . Sailors give the name " blackfish " to the " caaing , " or " pilot " whale ( q.v. ) , and to various other small ceta- ceans . Consult : Bullen , Cruise of the Cacha- lot ' ; Scammon , Marine Mammals of North ...
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... North America . ' Blackstock Hill , South Carolina , a locality where , on 20 Nov. 1780 , the patriots of the State , under Gen. Sumter defeated Tarleton's cavalry after a sharp encounter . Blackstone , William , the first inhabitant of ...
... North America . ' Blackstock Hill , South Carolina , a locality where , on 20 Nov. 1780 , the patriots of the State , under Gen. Sumter defeated Tarleton's cavalry after a sharp encounter . Blackstone , William , the first inhabitant of ...
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