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The title khwaja means "chief," or "master;" it is generally applied to rich merchants, &c., such as we would call "men of respectability." The city of Naishapur being some 270 miles inland, it would not be easy for the young merchant to reach it by sea. Asiatic story-tellers are not at all particular in regard to matters of geography.

When I finished calling I got an aeronautical chart out of the file and plotted the points of the sighting. The CAA employee had seen the UFO disappear over the northwestern horizon. The pilot had been flying from Greencastle, Indiana, to Paris, Illinois, so he'd have been flying on a heading of just a little less than 270 degrees, or almost straight west.

She thought he took liberties; and though he meant no harm, he certainly did. Lockhart, i. 270. I quote, as is usual, the second or ten-volume edition. It is pretty universally known, and must have been perceived even from the foregoing summary, that Scott was by no means a very precocious writer.

From 95 to 445 is a period of 350 years. Half of this period is 175 years. Therefore 175 years after 95, or 270, is the correct starting-point. Protestant church historians recognize the decline that came in the early church.

In Asia, the Jews are still found in considerable numbers on the verge of the continent; in China, they are now found in one city alone, and possess only one synagogue. In Mesopotamia and Assyria the ancient seats of the Babylonian Jews are still occupied by 5,270 families. But England and Anglo-Saxon countries generally have been the most favourable to the race.

Several lengthy and learned catalogues of his works have been published in volumes so large that a child could not lift one of them. His 450 pictures, his multitudinous drawings, his 270 etchings, their authenticity, their history, their dates, the identification of his models, have been the subjects of innumerable books and essays.

Sunday, 8th August, Mount Finke. At dawn of day I ascended the mountain, but was unable to see much more than I did last night, in consequence of there being a mist all round. No high rising ground is to be seen in any direction. A FEARFUL COUNTRY. Left the mount at 9.30 a.m. on a bearing of 270 degrees.

2nd Virginia : 320 N.C.O. and men : 6 : 33 : 51 : 90 4th Virginia : 203 N.C.O. and men : 5 : 23 : 48 : 76 5th Virginia : 450 N.C.O. and men : 9 : 48 : 4 : 61 27th Virginia : 170 N.C.O. and men : 2 : 20 : 35 : 57 33rd Virginia : 275 N.C.O. and men : 18 : 27 : 14 : 59 21st Virginia : 270 officers and men : 7 : 44 : 9 : 60 42nd Virginia : 293 officers and men : 11 : 50 : 9 : 70 1st Virginia : 187 officers and men : 6 : 20 : 21 : 47 23rd Virginia : 177 officers and men : 3 : 14 : 32 : 49 27th Virginia : 897 N.C.O. and men : 12 : 62 : 39 : 113

There were 1,832,132 returns showing incomes of $2000 or more, one for each twelve families in the country. The number of persons receiving the higher incomes is comparatively small. There were 270,666 incomes between $5,000 and $10,000; 30,391 between $10,000 and $25,000; 12,439 between $25,000 and $50,000.

One river seen in this state consisted of several channels or beds, divided from each other by long strips of land, which in times of flood become islands; the main channel was about 270 yards in breadth, and the height of its bank was about fifteen feet.