The Forests of Upper India and Their InhabitantsE. Arnold, 1902 - 344 pàgines |
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... close mass of tall evergreen sal trees , extends all along the base of the foot hills for hundreds of miles and ten to twenty in width , scarcely penetrated except on elephants , when the jungle fires have cleared out the luxuriant ...
... close mass of tall evergreen sal trees , extends all along the base of the foot hills for hundreds of miles and ten to twenty in width , scarcely penetrated except on elephants , when the jungle fires have cleared out the luxuriant ...
Pàgina 9
... close under the summit . It is not a crater , being on stratified shaly rock , and was probably formed by a gigantic slip down of half the mountain . There is no decided stream running into it , except a small one which comes out of ...
... close under the summit . It is not a crater , being on stratified shaly rock , and was probably formed by a gigantic slip down of half the mountain . There is no decided stream running into it , except a small one which comes out of ...
Pàgina 15
... close the double flies of the thick , well - lined tent , to retire to the pleasant warmth of one's well blanketed camp bed , to lay one's head on the smooth cool pillow . The awakening in a camp in the forest when refreshed by a good ...
... close the double flies of the thick , well - lined tent , to retire to the pleasant warmth of one's well blanketed camp bed , to lay one's head on the smooth cool pillow . The awakening in a camp in the forest when refreshed by a good ...
Pàgina 22
... close by . Then the women and young people would tread in and thin out the green rice plants , which grow in the mud under five or six inches of water . This crop is reaped in the rains . Rice constituted a staple food of the natives ...
... close by . Then the women and young people would tread in and thin out the green rice plants , which grow in the mud under five or six inches of water . This crop is reaped in the rains . Rice constituted a staple food of the natives ...
Pàgina 24
... close to my camp , little suspecting that danger might lurk in the neighbourhood of so much life and activity . There was one patch of yellow barley , heavy with full grain , still to be cut on a terrace just round the spur of the ...
... close to my camp , little suspecting that danger might lurk in the neighbourhood of so much life and activity . There was one patch of yellow barley , heavy with full grain , still to be cut on a terrace just round the spur of the ...
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