Ceylon: An Account of the Island Physical, Volume 1Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1859 - Natural history |
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... wood , Bamboo , European fruit - trees . 90 Fruit - trees . Tea - plant - Rhododendron - Miche- lia 90 Rapid disappearance of dead trees in the forests 91 Trees with natural buttresses 91 Jakwood - Del- Teak Cabinet Woods .-- Satin - wood ...
... wood , Bamboo , European fruit - trees . 90 Fruit - trees . Tea - plant - Rhododendron - Miche- lia 90 Rapid disappearance of dead trees in the forests 91 Trees with natural buttresses 91 Jakwood - Del- Teak Cabinet Woods .-- Satin - wood ...
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... Wood - carrying Moths 266 . Mus . 231 Pterophorus 267 VII . Homoptera 267 Cicada 267 Ceylon shells 233 CHAP . V. MOLLUSCA , RADIATA , AND ACALEPHÆ , I. Conchology . - General character of Confusion regarding them in scientific works and ...
... Wood - carrying Moths 266 . Mus . 231 Pterophorus 267 VII . Homoptera 267 Cicada 267 Ceylon shells 233 CHAP . V. MOLLUSCA , RADIATA , AND ACALEPHÆ , I. Conchology . - General character of Confusion regarding them in scientific works and ...
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... wood carved Architecture , its ruins exclusively re- . 477 • 477 • 477 477 Wood carving 454 ligious · • 478 Chemical Arts - Sugar Mineral paints CHAP . V. 455 455 Domestic architecture mean at all times . 478 • Stone quarried by wedges ...
... wood carved Architecture , its ruins exclusively re- . 477 • 477 • 477 477 Wood carving 454 ligious · • 478 Chemical Arts - Sugar Mineral paints CHAP . V. 455 455 Domestic architecture mean at all times . 478 • Stone quarried by wedges ...
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... WOOD ENGRAVINGS . . a NOTICE ΤΟ THE THIRD EDITION . THE call. " Gobbs " on the East Coast " Gobbs " on the West Coast Ceylon , according to the Sanskrit and Pali authors . Map of Ancient India Position of Colombo , according to Ptolemy ...
... WOOD ENGRAVINGS . . a NOTICE ΤΟ THE THIRD EDITION . THE call. " Gobbs " on the East Coast " Gobbs " on the West Coast Ceylon , according to the Sanskrit and Pali authors . Map of Ancient India Position of Colombo , according to Ptolemy ...
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... contain illustrations of its instincts and functions when wild in 1 See Vol . I. Part 11. ch . iii . p . 199. 2 See Vol . II . Part vII . ch , i . p . 116 . its native woods . Opportunities for observing the latter , xxxiv INTRODUCTION .
... contain illustrations of its instincts and functions when wild in 1 See Vol . I. Part 11. ch . iii . p . 199. 2 See Vol . II . Part vII . ch , i . p . 116 . its native woods . Opportunities for observing the latter , xxxiv INTRODUCTION .
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Page 519 - And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither; so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.