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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... flat and apparently rising country , along an excellent road , with groves of bamboos and stunted trees on either hand , few villages or palms , a sterile soil , with stunted grass and but little cultivation 1 ; altogether a country as ...
... flat and apparently rising country , along an excellent road , with groves of bamboos and stunted trees on either hand , few villages or palms , a sterile soil , with stunted grass and but little cultivation 1 ; altogether a country as ...
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... flat , with some coarse sugar , was all I could obtain ; together with sweetmeats so odiously flavoured with various herbs , and sullied with such impurities , that we quickly made them over to the elephants . Not being able to ascend ...
... flat , with some coarse sugar , was all I could obtain ; together with sweetmeats so odiously flavoured with various herbs , and sullied with such impurities , that we quickly made them over to the elephants . Not being able to ascend ...
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... flat , 1320 feet above the sea , and from it the descent from the table - land to the level of the Soane valley , a little above that of the Ganges at Patna , is very sudden . The road is carried zizgag down a rugged hill of gneiss ...
... flat , 1320 feet above the sea , and from it the descent from the table - land to the level of the Soane valley , a little above that of the Ganges at Patna , is very sudden . The road is carried zizgag down a rugged hill of gneiss ...
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... flat whereon we were encamped , and which , though four or five miles off , forms a very important feature . The differences of temperature in the shade taken on this and the other side of the river are 230 higher on this side . On the ...
... flat whereon we were encamped , and which , though four or five miles off , forms a very important feature . The differences of temperature in the shade taken on this and the other side of the river are 230 higher on this side . On the ...
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... flat summit of the Kymore hills , covered with grass and forest , intersected by paths in all directions . The ascent is about 1200 feet - a long pull in the blazing sun of February . The turf consists chiefly of spear - grass and ...
... flat summit of the Kymore hills , covered with grass and forest , intersected by paths in all directions . The ascent is about 1200 feet - a long pull in the blazing sun of February . The turf consists chiefly of spear - grass and ...
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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.
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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.
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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.