Himalayan Journals, Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, &c, Volume 1 |
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... deep in the silt and mud that now forms the island of Sheppey . * Higher up , the river Hoogly is entered , and large trees , with villages and cultivation , replace the sandy spits and marshy jungles of the great Gangetic delta . A few ...
... deep in the silt and mud that now forms the island of Sheppey . * Higher up , the river Hoogly is entered , and large trees , with villages and cultivation , replace the sandy spits and marshy jungles of the great Gangetic delta . A few ...
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... deep , bubbles con- stantly , boils eggs , and though brilliantly clear , has an exceedingly nauseous taste . This and the other warm ones cover the bricks and surrounding rocks with a thick incrustation of salts . Confervæ abound in ...
... deep , bubbles con- stantly , boils eggs , and though brilliantly clear , has an exceedingly nauseous taste . This and the other warm ones cover the bricks and surrounding rocks with a thick incrustation of salts . Confervæ abound in ...
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... deep stream by a pretty suspension bridge , of which the piers were visible two miles off , so level is the road . The Soane is here three miles wide , its nearly dry bed being a desert of sand , resembling a vast arm of the sea when ...
... deep stream by a pretty suspension bridge , of which the piers were visible two miles off , so level is the road . The Soane is here three miles wide , its nearly dry bed being a desert of sand , resembling a vast arm of the sea when ...
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... deep , charged with yellow sand , this river must present an imposing spectacle . I walked across the dry portion , observing the sand - waves , all ranged in one direction , perpendicular to that of the prevailing wind , accurately ...
... deep , charged with yellow sand , this river must present an imposing spectacle . I walked across the dry portion , observing the sand - waves , all ranged in one direction , perpendicular to that of the prevailing wind , accurately ...
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... deep , bounded with a continuation of the escarpment . At the foot of the crowned spur is the village of Akbarpore , where we encamped in a Mango tope ; it occupies some * On the 24th of June , 1848 , the Soane rose to an unprecedented ...
... deep , bounded with a continuation of the escarpment . At the foot of the crowned spur is the village of Akbarpore , where we encamped in a Mango tope ; it occupies some * On the 24th of June , 1848 , the Soane rose to an unprecedented ...
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