Himalayan Journals, Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, &c, Band 1John Murray, 1854 - 408 Seiten |
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... English pronunciation . For great assistance in this , for a careful revision of the sheets as they passed through the press , and for numerous valuable suggestions throughout , I am indebted to my fellow - traveller , Dr. Thomas ...
... English pronunciation . For great assistance in this , for a careful revision of the sheets as they passed through the press , and for numerous valuable suggestions throughout , I am indebted to my fellow - traveller , Dr. Thomas ...
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... English genera of plants - Ascent of tropical orders -Comparison with south temperate zone - Heavy rain - Temperature , & c . -Descent - Simonbong temple - Furniture therein - Praying - cylinder- Thigh - bone trumpet - Morning orisons ...
... English genera of plants - Ascent of tropical orders -Comparison with south temperate zone - Heavy rain - Temperature , & c . -Descent - Simonbong temple - Furniture therein - Praying - cylinder- Thigh - bone trumpet - Morning orisons ...
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... English genera of plants - Birds - Beautiful scenery - Botanizing on elephants - Willow - Siligoree - Cross Terai - Geology -Iron - Lohar - ghur - Coal and sandstone beds - Mechi fisherman - Hail- storm - Ascent to Kursiong - To ...
... English genera of plants - Birds - Beautiful scenery - Botanizing on elephants - Willow - Siligoree - Cross Terai - Geology -Iron - Lohar - ghur - Coal and sandstone beds - Mechi fisherman - Hail- storm - Ascent to Kursiong - To ...
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... English gardens , and our colonial ones at the Cape , and in Australia , and from an inspection of the ponderous volumes of distribution lists , to which Dr. Falconer is daily adding . The botanical public of Europe and India is no less ...
... English gardens , and our colonial ones at the Cape , and in Australia , and from an inspection of the ponderous volumes of distribution lists , to which Dr. Falconer is daily adding . The botanical public of Europe and India is no less ...
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... English readers may not be aware that the establishment of the tea - trade in the Himalaya and Assam is almost entirely the work of the superintendents of the gardens of Calcutta and Seharunpore . From no one did I receive more kindness ...
... English readers may not be aware that the establishment of the tea - trade in the Himalaya and Assam is almost entirely the work of the superintendents of the gardens of Calcutta and Seharunpore . From no one did I receive more kindness ...
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abundant alluvium amongst appeared ascended bamboo banks beautiful Bhotan blue glaciers Boodhist boulders broad Calcutta Campbell cliffs climate coolies covered crossed cultivated deep descended Dewan Dorjiling east elevation epiphytical Fcap feet high flank flat flowers forest formed Ganges glaciers gneiss granite grass hills Himalaya Hindoo India Kambachen Kinchinjunga Lama latter Lepchas Lhassa lofty masses Mechi river miles moraine mountains natives Nepal Nepalese night north-west October fall palkee pass peaks Pemiongchi plains of India plants Portrait Post 8vo quartz rain Rajah Ratong remarkable rhododendrons ridge river road rocks rocky round Rungeet sand sandstone schist season Second Edition side Sikkim slopes snow snowy Soane species spur steep stone stream summit Tambur Tassiding Teesta temperature temple Terai terraces thermometer Tibet Tibetan Tonglo traveller trees tropical vegetation village Vols Wallanchoon wild wind wood Woodcuts Yoksun
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Seite 22 - History of Latin Christianity ; including that of the Popes to the Pontificate of Nicholas V.
Seite 5 - BUNBURY'S (CJF) Journal of a Residence at the Cape of Good Hope; with Excursions into the Interior, and Notes on the Natural History and Native Tribes of the Country.
Seite 25 - PENROSE'S (REV. JOHN) Faith and Practice; an Exposition of the Principles and Duties of Natural and Revealed Religion. Post Svo. 8s. 6d. - (FC) Principles of Athenian Architecture, and the Optical Refinements exhibited in the Construction of the Ancient Buildings at Athens, from a Survey. With 40 Plates. Folio.
Seite 6 - BUTTMAN'S LEXILOGUS ; or, a Critical Examination of the Meaning and Etymology of numerous Greek Words and Passages, intended principally for Homer and Hesiod. Translated, and edited, with Explanatory Notes and copious Indexes, by REV.
Seite 11 - ARCHITECTURE. Being a Concise and Popular Account of the Different Styles prevailing in all Ages and Countries By JAKES FERGUSSON.
Seite 5 - Life of Thomas Stothard, RA With Personal Reminiscences. Illustrated with Portrait and 60 Woodcuts of his chief works. 4to. BREWSTER'S (SiR DAVID) Martyrs of Science, or the Lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler.
Seite 9 - Treatise on the Principle and Construction of Military Bridges, and the Passage of Rivers in Military Operations.
Seite 4 - they have contributed more useful and ornamental tropical plants to the public and private gardens of the world than any other establishment before or since.
Seite 9 - DAVY'S (SiR HUMPHRY) Consolations in Travel; or, Last Days of a Philosopher, fifth Edition. Woodcuts. Fcap. Svo. 6s. Salmonia; or, Days of Fly Fishing. With some Account of the Habits of Fishes belonging to the genus Salmo. fourth Edition. Woodcuts. Fcap. Svo. 6s. DENNIS' (GEORGE) Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria; or, the extant Local Remains of Etruscan Art.
Seite 3 - BABBAGE'S (CHARLES) Economy of Machinery and Manufactures. fourth Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 6s. Table of the Logarithms of the Natural Numbers from 1 to 108000. Fourth Edition. Royal 8vo.