The Forests of Upper India and Their InhabitantsE. Arnold, 1902 - 344 pàgines |
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... clear days glistening like opal among the clouds 100 miles away . No wonder that the natives of the plains reverence , and fear to approach , these mysterious moun- tains , and do not credit that any man could walk up there without ...
... clear days glistening like opal among the clouds 100 miles away . No wonder that the natives of the plains reverence , and fear to approach , these mysterious moun- tains , and do not credit that any man could walk up there without ...
Pàgina 14
... clear atmosphere of the hills in the time of what is commonly called the cold season . A 12 - foot - by - 12 ' sholdarry ' tent , pitched on a terrace on the slope of the hillside facing the south , with a pleasant fire of glowing logs ...
... clear atmosphere of the hills in the time of what is commonly called the cold season . A 12 - foot - by - 12 ' sholdarry ' tent , pitched on a terrace on the slope of the hillside facing the south , with a pleasant fire of glowing logs ...
Pàgina 17
... clearly showed . The coolies , however , worked cheerfully , their pleasant voices echoing amongst the rocks and glens , as they shouted to one another to indicate the direction explored , chopping at the rope - like creepers and thorny ...
... clearly showed . The coolies , however , worked cheerfully , their pleasant voices echoing amongst the rocks and glens , as they shouted to one another to indicate the direction explored , chopping at the rope - like creepers and thorny ...
Pàgina 24
... clear mountain stream , babbling among great rounded rocks and over - arched by dark sal trees . Creepers twined in graceful festoons from tree to tree over the torrent , and the sun's bright rays scarcely penetrated into the deep shade ...
... clear mountain stream , babbling among great rounded rocks and over - arched by dark sal trees . Creepers twined in graceful festoons from tree to tree over the torrent , and the sun's bright rays scarcely penetrated into the deep shade ...
Pàgina 29
... clear cool mountain stream , reduced to a mere trickle , gurgles over rocks in deepest ravines , where the bright shiny - leaved jamun * trees , and the dark saj and sal form deep shade , and overhanging precipices tower overhead in ...
... clear cool mountain stream , reduced to a mere trickle , gurgles over rocks in deepest ravines , where the bright shiny - leaved jamun * trees , and the dark saj and sal form deep shade , and overhanging precipices tower overhead in ...
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