Himalayan Journals, Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, &c, Volume 1 |
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... of plains- Jeelpigoree - Cooches - Alteration in the appearance of country by fires , & c . -Grasses - Bamboos - Cottages - Rajah of Cooch Behar - Condition of people -Hooli festival - Ascend Teesta - Canoes - Cranes - CONTENTS . xxiii.
... of plains- Jeelpigoree - Cooches - Alteration in the appearance of country by fires , & c . -Grasses - Bamboos - Cottages - Rajah of Cooch Behar - Condition of people -Hooli festival - Ascend Teesta - Canoes - Cranes - CONTENTS . xxiii.
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... grass and but little cultivation 1 ; altogether a country as unlike what I had expected to find . in India as well might be . All around was a dead flat or table - land , out of which a few conical hills rose in the west , about 1000 ...
... grass and but little cultivation 1 ; altogether a country as unlike what I had expected to find . in India as well might be . All around was a dead flat or table - land , out of which a few conical hills rose in the west , about 1000 ...
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... grasses were few , and dried up , except in the beds of the rivulets . On the low jungly hills the same plants appear ... grass only 61 ° . As the sun rose , Paras- nath appeared against the clear grey sky , in the form of a beautiful ...
... grasses were few , and dried up , except in the beds of the rivulets . On the low jungly hills the same plants appear ... grass only 61 ° . As the sun rose , Paras- nath appeared against the clear grey sky , in the form of a beautiful ...
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... grass cooled to 49 ° . Still there was no dew , though the night was starlight . Having provided doolies , or little bamboo chairs slung on four men's shoulders , in which I put my papers and boxes , we next morning commenced the ascent ...
... grass cooled to 49 ° . Still there was no dew , though the night was starlight . Having provided doolies , or little bamboo chairs slung on four men's shoulders , in which I put my papers and boxes , we next morning commenced the ascent ...
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... grasses are seen ; with bushes of Verbenacea and Compositæ . The white ant apparently does not enter this cooler region . At 3500 feet the vegetation again changes , the trees all become gnarled and scattered ; and as the dampness also ...
... grasses are seen ; with bushes of Verbenacea and Compositæ . The white ant apparently does not enter this cooler region . At 3500 feet the vegetation again changes , the trees all become gnarled and scattered ; and as the dampness also ...
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