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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... steep the whole way , partly down steps of sharp rock , where one of the men cut his foot severely . The pathway at the bottom was lined for nearly a quarter of a mile with sick , halt , maimed , lame , and blind beggars , awaiting our ...
... steep the whole way , partly down steps of sharp rock , where one of the men cut his foot severely . The pathway at the bottom was lined for nearly a quarter of a mile with sick , halt , maimed , lame , and blind beggars , awaiting our ...
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... steep . The pass is well wooded , with abundance of bamboo , Bombax , Cassia , Acacia , and Butea , with Calotropis , the purple Mudar , a very handsome road - side plant , which I had not scen before , but which , with the Argemone ...
... steep . The pass is well wooded , with abundance of bamboo , Bombax , Cassia , Acacia , and Butea , with Calotropis , the purple Mudar , a very handsome road - side plant , which I had not scen before , but which , with the Argemone ...
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... steep ghat or pass leading up the cliff to Rotas Palace , a little higher up the river . We took the elephants to the mouth of the glen , where we dismounted , and whence we followed a stream abounding in small fish and aquatic insects ...
... steep ghat or pass leading up the cliff to Rotas Palace , a little higher up the river . We took the elephants to the mouth of the glen , where we dismounted , and whence we followed a stream abounding in small fish and aquatic insects ...
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... steep hill , surrounded by jungly valleys . We were also well thatched in with leafy boughs , to prevent the wary beast from espying the ambush , and had a whole stand of small arms ready for his reception . When roosted aloft , and ...
... steep hill , surrounded by jungly valleys . We were also well thatched in with leafy boughs , to prevent the wary beast from espying the ambush , and had a whole stand of small arms ready for his reception . When roosted aloft , and ...
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... steep , of horizontally stratified rocks , continued in an unbroken line , and the views across the plain and Soane valley , over which the sun was now setting , were superb . At the summit we entered on a dead flat plain or table- land ...
... steep , of horizontally stratified rocks , continued in an unbroken line , and the views across the plain and Soane valley , over which the sun was now setting , were superb . At the summit we entered on a dead flat plain or table- land ...
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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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