The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 103A. Constable, 1856 |
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Page 60
... described . * This singular phenomenon is in a great measure local , and depends , according to Dr. Hooker , on a peculiar concurrence of circumstances . The principal are these the prevalent wind in Sikkim is a south - east wind ...
... described . * This singular phenomenon is in a great measure local , and depends , according to Dr. Hooker , on a peculiar concurrence of circumstances . The principal are these the prevalent wind in Sikkim is a south - east wind ...
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... described as less imposing than one might fancy , owing to the lowness of the angle under which they are then viewed , and the duskiness of the horizon . The inferior hills , which shut out the view of the great chain as we approach it ...
... described as less imposing than one might fancy , owing to the lowness of the angle under which they are then viewed , and the duskiness of the horizon . The inferior hills , which shut out the view of the great chain as we approach it ...
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... 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 ac- quainted with the ...
... 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 ac- quainted with the ...
Contents
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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