. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 110 Miles. tive territories. For the capture of these monsters the natives have constructed boats of a peculiar build ; but such hunting expeditions are always attended with great risk. The coastlands, which apart from a thousand small indentations have a circima- ference of over 720 miles, present an endless variety of landscape. Along the rocky shores the prevailing formations are everywhere gneiss, granite, or basalts. But in some places the riverain tracts spread out in level, treeless plains, while elsewhere the margin of the lake is skirted by high hi
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 110 Miles. tive territories. For the capture of these monsters the natives have constructed boats of a peculiar build ; but such hunting expeditions are always attended with great risk. The coastlands, which apart from a thousand small indentations have a circima- ference of over 720 miles, present an endless variety of landscape. Along the rocky shores the prevailing formations are everywhere gneiss, granite, or basalts. But in some places the riverain tracts spread out in level, treeless plains, while elsewhere the margin of the lake is skirted by high hills and even mountains diversified with patches of verdure and enlivened by groups of villages. Between
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