The Forests of Upper India and Their InhabitantsE. Arnold, 1902 - 344 pàgines |
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... branch to branch , their brilliant plumage glancing in the sun . The paradise bird with long fluttering tail , the golden oriole calling with its plaintive whistle , and green parakeets with plum- coloured heads picked at the little ...
... branch to branch , their brilliant plumage glancing in the sun . The paradise bird with long fluttering tail , the golden oriole calling with its plaintive whistle , and green parakeets with plum- coloured heads picked at the little ...
Pàgina 28
... branches . The forest fires have made a final sweep up of all the dry grass and herbage , and the soil is black and smells of burning . The air is dense and heavy , and the hot wind ceases to blow , till at last all nature seems to ...
... branches . The forest fires have made a final sweep up of all the dry grass and herbage , and the soil is black and smells of burning . The air is dense and heavy , and the hot wind ceases to blow , till at last all nature seems to ...
Pàgina 33
... branches crosswise , and weaving a screen of boughs at a height of some ten feet from the ground . Above the glen there towered a rock of gray sandstone in view of the spot , whence the boy was instructed to look down at evening time ...
... branches crosswise , and weaving a screen of boughs at a height of some ten feet from the ground . Above the glen there towered a rock of gray sandstone in view of the spot , whence the boy was instructed to look down at evening time ...
Pàgina 38
... branch of the Ganges . This was a country of considerable extent , almost as large as Switzerland , and containing half a dozen of the highest mountains in the world ; the cele- brated Gangotri , or sources of the Ganges , the most ...
... branch of the Ganges . This was a country of considerable extent , almost as large as Switzerland , and containing half a dozen of the highest mountains in the world ; the cele- brated Gangotri , or sources of the Ganges , the most ...
Pàgina 44
... branches are the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda , which issue , under the latter name , from the hills at Hardwar , a noble and mighty river , swelled in the monsoon to a huge torrent . In the dry season a clear stream ; in the hot weather ...
... branches are the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda , which issue , under the latter name , from the hills at Hardwar , a noble and mighty river , swelled in the monsoon to a huge torrent . In the dry season a clear stream ; in the hot weather ...
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