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magnificence of scenery, beauty and sublimity, I would recommend a view at sunrise or sunset over the valley of
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I enjoyed the fresh bracing air at the Crown, and the next morning was up at sunrise. A little over a mile from the hotel the road winds round the Crown Ridge, and as I ascended there opened to view a truly marvellous picture. To those who love the glories of light and shade, of boundless extent,
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hid their stolen cattle in the valley. The valley gained importance in the 1930s for its immense geological deposits that laid beneath it and an
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increased the colony's population where the
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778:. New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang.
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558:References
522:Ben Bullen
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79:Geography
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516:See also
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258:Triassic
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286:History
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