Word: hinterlands
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...attraction of the sins of Manhattan for ministers of the Gospel from the hinterland is periodically demonstrated, and never more clearly than last week when the Chairman of the Sabbath Crusade Committee of the Tennessee Synod of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, opened his mouth in the Bible House, Manhattan...
Practically the whole valley of the Wergha is dominated by the surrounding mountains, which lie considerably to the north of the Great Atlas range and which rarely reach 5,000 feet. The territory of the Riff, which is now considerably overrun, lies in the central hinterland of the Spanish zone of Morocco at the extreme northwest of the African continent...
...next year. Mr. Akeley is going, not for mere sport as some hunters go, but to collect museum specimens. He will sail for Africa before the New Year. In March the remainder of the party-including Mr. Eastman-will follow. They will start from Mombasa and travel into the hinterland 24 hours by rail to Nairobi. Six months will be spent in the great game country, where Theodore Roosevelt hunted elephants, hippopotami, rhinoceri, lions, leopards, zebras, giraffes, antelopes and gazelles in 1909. This is Mr. Akeley's fifth trip to the same region. Guns, cameras and scientific eyes will...
...House of Commons at Ottawa, Minister of the Interior Charles Stewart introduced a bill (subsequently passed) to require aliens entering the hinterland of Canada to take out Federal licenses. Explaining the measure, the Minister added...
...account, but the Prince insisted on visiting the country. At first, objections were put forward that the Prince's presence would endanger the health of many thousands of natives; but later, a strict quarantine was ordered and the Prince was enjoined to pass rapidly through Lagos for the hinterland where he is to stay for a week...