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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... broad cone , with a rugged peak , of a deeper grey than the sky . It is a remarkably handsome mountain , sufficiently lofty to be imposing , rising out of an elevated country , the slope of which , upward to the base of the mountain ...
... broad cone , with a rugged peak , of a deeper grey than the sky . It is a remarkably handsome mountain , sufficiently lofty to be imposing , rising out of an elevated country , the slope of which , upward to the base of the mountain ...
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... broad acres of flax and rape , through the latter of which the blue Orobanche indica swarmed . The short route to Maddaobund , through narrow rocky vallies , was impracticable for the elephants , and we had to make a very considerable ...
... broad acres of flax and rape , through the latter of which the blue Orobanche indica swarmed . The short route to Maddaobund , through narrow rocky vallies , was impracticable for the elephants , and we had to make a very considerable ...
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... broad- headed tree , as is usual in the prime of its existence , but a mass of trunks irregularly throwing out immense branches in a most picturesque manner ; the original trunk is appa- rently gone , and the principal mass of root ...
... broad- headed tree , as is usual in the prime of its existence , but a mass of trunks irregularly throwing out immense branches in a most picturesque manner ; the original trunk is appa- rently gone , and the principal mass of root ...
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... broad luxuriant strata , wherever the temp . is cooled down to 168 ° , and as low as 90 ° . Of flowering plants , three showed in an eminent degree a constitution capable of resisting the heat , if not a predilection for it ; these were ...
... broad luxuriant strata , wherever the temp . is cooled down to 168 ° , and as low as 90 ° . Of flowering plants , three showed in an eminent degree a constitution capable of resisting the heat , if not a predilection for it ; these were ...
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... broad stream from the hills flowing past it . These hills are of limestone , and rounded , resting upon others of hornstone and jasper . Following up the stream VOL . I. E I came to some rapids , where the stream is FEB . 1848 . 49 ...
... broad stream from the hills flowing past it . These hills are of limestone , and rounded , resting upon others of hornstone and jasper . Following up the stream VOL . I. E I came to some rapids , where the stream is FEB . 1848 . 49 ...
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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 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.
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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.
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