. The science of railways . and bounded on the east bythe South Pacific. It is supposed that the islandwas at a comparatively recent date the bed of anocean. In its eastern part there is a range ofmountains some one thousand, seven hundredmiles long and averaging one thousand, five hun-dred feet in center or interioris a vast incognito, agreat desert of wasteland, without wateror rainfall. The con-struction of rail-roads is activelyencouragedby the gov-ern ment island is a colony of Great Britain, as is also New Zea-land. The last named consists of what are calledthe


. The science of railways . and bounded on the east bythe South Pacific. It is supposed that the islandwas at a comparatively recent date the bed of anocean. In its eastern part there is a range ofmountains some one thousand, seven hundredmiles long and averaging one thousand, five hun-dred feet in center or interioris a vast incognito, agreat desert of wasteland, without wateror rainfall. The con-struction of rail-roads is activelyencouragedby the gov-ern ment island is a colony of Great Britain, as is also New Zea-land. The last named consists of what are calledthe North and South Islands. The islands ofNew Zealand have an area of about one hundredand five thousand square miles and a populationof nearly seven hundred thousand. The nativesare divided into tribes as are all savages at a cer-tain period of evolution, their social progressbeing indicated by the nature of their tribalrelations. The aborigines of Australasia had no writtenlaws, l)ut, in some instances, customs Avhicli they.


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