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... have * Address of Sir W. Jardine , president of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society , December , 1863 . assisted us in this respect : The North German Lloyd REPORT OF THE SECRETARY . 39.
... have * Address of Sir W. Jardine , president of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society , December , 1863 . assisted us in this respect : The North German Lloyd REPORT OF THE SECRETARY . 39.
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... respect : The North German Lloyd , between Bre- men and New York ; the Hamburg and New York steamship line ; the Cunard line ; the Panama Railroad Company ; the Pacific Mail Steamship Company ; Adams's Express Company , and the Hudson's ...
... respect : The North German Lloyd , between Bre- men and New York ; the Hamburg and New York steamship line ; the Cunard line ; the Panama Railroad Company ; the Pacific Mail Steamship Company ; Adams's Express Company , and the Hudson's ...
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... respecting the habits of animals , the ethnological peculiarities of human races , the meteorology , the physical geography , the geology of the country , & c . EXPLORATIONS . Among the explorations wholly or partially carried on under ...
... respecting the habits of animals , the ethnological peculiarities of human races , the meteorology , the physical geography , the geology of the country , & c . EXPLORATIONS . Among the explorations wholly or partially carried on under ...
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... respect will be excused in view of the fact that the work done is mainly a voluntary contribution on the part of gentlemen engaged in making special examinations of the Smithsonian collections , and the Insti- tution is under many ...
... respect will be excused in view of the fact that the work done is mainly a voluntary contribution on the part of gentlemen engaged in making special examinations of the Smithsonian collections , and the Insti- tution is under many ...
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... respects to those of the present day , were the best in use at that period ; and the care and fidelity with which they were used seem to have been unsurpassed ; and , al- though the reductions upon which the catalogue was based seem to ...
... respects to those of the present day , were the best in use at that period ; and the care and fidelity with which they were used seem to have been unsurpassed ; and , al- though the reductions upon which the catalogue was based seem to ...
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