Himalayan Journals, Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, &c, Volume 1 |
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... spurs of the mountain ranges of Central India and Behar are also , to a great extent , conjectural . It is particularly requisite to observe , that the only object of this map is to give a better general idea of the physical geography ...
... spurs of the mountain ranges of Central India and Behar are also , to a great extent , conjectural . It is particularly requisite to observe , that the only object of this map is to give a better general idea of the physical geography ...
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... spur of Rotas broke suddenly on the view , and very grand it was , quite realising my anticipa- tions of the position of these eyrie - like hill - forts of India . To the left of the spur winds the valley of the Soane , with low ...
... spur of Rotas broke suddenly on the view , and very grand it was , quite realising my anticipa- tions of the position of these eyrie - like hill - forts of India . To the left of the spur winds the valley of the Soane , with low ...
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... spur . On the way we passed a beautiful well , sixty feet deep , and with a fine flight of steps to the bottom . Now neglected and over- grown with flowering weeds and creepers , it afforded me many of the plants I had only previously ...
... spur . On the way we passed a beautiful well , sixty feet deep , and with a fine flight of steps to the bottom . Now neglected and over- grown with flowering weeds and creepers , it afforded me many of the plants I had only previously ...
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... spur of the Kymore , like that of Rotas , here projects to the bed of the river , and was blazing at night with the beacon - like fires of the natives , lighted to scare the tigers and bears from the spots where they cut wood and bamboo ...
... spur of the Kymore , like that of Rotas , here projects to the bed of the river , and was blazing at night with the beacon - like fires of the natives , lighted to scare the tigers and bears from the spots where they cut wood and bamboo ...
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... spur ( Mungeesa Peak ) whose summit was covered with a ragged forest . At Kunch we saw four alligators sleeping in the river , looking at a distance like logs of wood , all of the short - nosed or mugger kind , dreaded by man and beast ...
... spur ( Mungeesa Peak ) whose summit was covered with a ragged forest . At Kunch we saw four alligators sleeping in the river , looking at a distance like logs of wood , all of the short - nosed or mugger kind , dreaded by man and beast ...
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