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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... slopes , which is I believe the besetting sin , not of amateurs only , but of our most accomplished artists . As , however , I did not use instruments in projecting the outlines , I do not pre- tend to have wholly avoided this snare ...
... slopes , which is I believe the besetting sin , not of amateurs only , but of our most accomplished artists . As , however , I did not use instruments in projecting the outlines , I do not pre- tend to have wholly avoided this snare ...
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... Slope of river - bed- Bees ' nests - Glacial phenomena - Tibetans , clothing , ornaments , amulets , salutation , children , dogs - Last Limboo village , Taptiatok - Beautiful scenery - Tibet village of Lelyp - Opuntia - Edgeworthia ...
... Slope of river - bed- Bees ' nests - Glacial phenomena - Tibetans , clothing , ornaments , amulets , salutation , children , dogs - Last Limboo village , Taptiatok - Beautiful scenery - Tibet village of Lelyp - Opuntia - Edgeworthia ...
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... Slopes of hills , and courses of rivers - Khabili valley - Ghorkha Havildar's bad conduct - Ascend Singalelah - Plague of ticks - Short com- mons - Cross Islumbo pass - Boundary of Sikkim- Kulhait valley- Lingcham - Reception by Kajee ...
... Slopes of hills , and courses of rivers - Khabili valley - Ghorkha Havildar's bad conduct - Ascend Singalelah - Plague of ticks - Short com- mons - Cross Islumbo pass - Boundary of Sikkim- Kulhait valley- Lingcham - Reception by Kajee ...
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... Slopes of ravines- Pemiongchi , view of Vegetation - Elevation - Temple , decorations , & c.- Former capital of Sikkim - History of Sikkim - Nightingales - Campbell departs — Tehonpong - Edgeworthia - Cross Rungbee and Ratong - Hoar ...
... Slopes of ravines- Pemiongchi , view of Vegetation - Elevation - Temple , decorations , & c.- Former capital of Sikkim - History of Sikkim - Nightingales - Campbell departs — Tehonpong - Edgeworthia - Cross Rungbee and Ratong - Hoar ...
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... slope of which , upward to the base of the mountain , though imperceptible , is really considerable ; and * Often occurring in strata , like flints . it is surrounded by lesser hills of just sufficient elevation 121 CHAP . I. HILLS OF ...
... slope of which , upward to the base of the mountain , though imperceptible , is really considerable ; and * Often occurring in strata , like flints . it is surrounded by lesser hills of just sufficient elevation 121 CHAP . I. HILLS OF ...
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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.