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Jaxartes

now called SIHUN, or which rises at an altitude of 12,000 feet, 30 miles S. of Lake Issik-kul, in the Tian-Shan Mountains. Its total length the natives. Ever fis free, but pro ohibited. of Java consi n. though th be now a Judge from the plant te. The a tigers, are the rupeds; are con Several s venomous) and the island. istorical references ing of the 5th cen Hien visited Hindu About the year 800 Hindus with the in ome more impor of Bantam wa Dutch possess became part of the same year English, and up to 1817had resu rrection b in 1825 under the rebels submitte YAVARY, a river part of the Amazon is navigable through oundary between Br se. that portion of hich lies between the ca, Billiton, ε of the sea 250 miles, a ved routes of Mace Passage. ponr thrown sed by horse a Also a huntin long, having an iron head. It in hunting the boa vage nations in ordinar called SIHUN. of Western Asi titude of 12,000 fee Antains. Its total lengt Lake Issik-kul, in th JAY JECONIAH is 1500 miles; area of its drainage basin, the Democrats as a surrender of Ameri- can rights and a betrayal of France; but it was ratified by Washington in 320,000 square miles.

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