Excerpt from Les Chemins de Fer Coloniaux en Afrique, Vol. 2: Chemins de Fer dans les Colonies Anglaises Et au Congo Belge
Puis, passant par l'ile Maurice, nous aborderons à Monbnsa, vers cet autre chemin de fer qui a sur pris le esprits coloniaux, autant par la hardiesse de sa conception que par la rapidie de son oxeen tion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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