Their centre held a less precipitous ridge, which trends away to the north parallel to the middle reaches of that stream.
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John Holland Rose
It trends nearly due north and south, leaning a little north-west and south-east, and receives many large rivers, as the Red, the Saskatchewan, and the Winnipeg.
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Mayne Reid
The Laguna de Bay is said to be about ten leagues in length by three in width, and trends in a north-northwest and south-southeast direction.
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