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... 120 inches per annum ; during the heats of summer , and also in the warmest part of every day , a canopy of cloud obstructs the direct rays of the sun and produces the singular effect on horticulture which has just been described .
... 120 inches per annum ; during the heats of summer , and also in the warmest part of every day , a canopy of cloud obstructs the direct rays of the sun and produces the singular effect on horticulture which has just been described .
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The inferior hills , which shut out the view of the great chain as we approach it , are described as monotonous and uninter- esting , the vegetation with which they are covered is sombre , and unbroken by rock precipices or cultivation ...
The inferior hills , which shut out the view of the great chain as we approach it , are described as monotonous and uninter- esting , the vegetation with which they are covered is sombre , and unbroken by rock precipices or cultivation ...
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Subsequently Major Madden described briefly a group of glaciers , the sources of the river Pindur , somewhat farther east , in the journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal ; he was succeeded by Captain Richard Strachey , who being well ...
Subsequently Major Madden described briefly a group of glaciers , the sources of the river Pindur , somewhat farther east , in the journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal ; he was succeeded by Captain Richard Strachey , who being well ...
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1 Histoire de la République dAngleterre et de Crom | 1 |
Bengal the Sikkim and NepalHimalayas the Khasia | 55 |
lEcosse et de lIrlande Par Léonce de Lavergne | 82 |
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