Himalayan Journals, Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, &c, Volume 1 |
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... cold season in making myself acquainted with the vegetation of the plains and hills of Western Bengal , south of the Ganges , by a journey across the mountains of Birbhoom and Behar to the Soane valley , and thence over the Vindhya ...
... cold season in making myself acquainted with the vegetation of the plains and hills of Western Bengal , south of the Ganges , by a journey across the mountains of Birbhoom and Behar to the Soane valley , and thence over the Vindhya ...
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... cold , the temp . 56 ° . The view was beautiful , but the atmosphere too hazy : to the north were ranges of low wooded hills , and the course of the Barakah and Adji rivers ; to the south lay a flatter country , with lower ranges , and ...
... cold , the temp . 56 ° . The view was beautiful , but the atmosphere too hazy : to the north were ranges of low wooded hills , and the course of the Barakah and Adji rivers ; to the south lay a flatter country , with lower ranges , and ...
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... cold water , about eighty yards off . The temperatures of the hot springs were respectively 169 ° , 170 ° , 173 ° , and 190 ° ; of the cold , 84 ° at 4 P.M. , and 75 ° at 7 A.M. the following morning . The hottest is the iniddle of the ...
... cold water , about eighty yards off . The temperatures of the hot springs were respectively 169 ° , 170 ° , 173 ° , and 190 ° ; of the cold , 84 ° at 4 P.M. , and 75 ° at 7 A.M. the following morning . The hottest is the iniddle of the ...
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... cold tank five , which did not grow in the hot . A water - beetle , Colymbetes ( ? ) and Noto- necta , abounded in water at 112 ° , with quantities of dead shells ; frogs were very lively , with live shells , at 90 ° , and with various ...
... cold tank five , which did not grow in the hot . A water - beetle , Colymbetes ( ? ) and Noto- necta , abounded in water at 112 ° , with quantities of dead shells ; frogs were very lively , with live shells , at 90 ° , and with various ...
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... Cold sluggish beetles hung to the damp walls , -and these I immediately secured . After due exertions and perse- verance with the damp wood , a fire smoked lustily , and , by cajoling the gnome of a housekeeper , I procured the APRIL ...
... Cold sluggish beetles hung to the damp walls , -and these I immediately secured . After due exertions and perse- verance with the damp wood , a fire smoked lustily , and , by cajoling the gnome of a housekeeper , I procured the APRIL ...
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