The Forests of Upper India and Their InhabitantsE. Arnold, 1902 - 344 pàgines |
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Pàgina 17
... direction explored , chopping at the rope - like creepers and thorny brakes until a passage was effected . The return to camp before noon for repose and breakfast was well earned , and an appetite unfailing after a cool bath made the ...
... direction explored , chopping at the rope - like creepers and thorny brakes until a passage was effected . The return to camp before noon for repose and breakfast was well earned , and an appetite unfailing after a cool bath made the ...
Pàgina 28
... direction . The natives in their picturesque language call this the Rani ka pankha ( the Princess's fan ) . Most of the trees which , though ever- green , change their leaves yearly , are dropping the last year's crop about now , and ...
... direction . The natives in their picturesque language call this the Rani ka pankha ( the Princess's fan ) . Most of the trees which , though ever- green , change their leaves yearly , are dropping the last year's crop about now , and ...
Pàgina 30
... directions . The poor village guala swarms up the nearest tree , and shouts for aid in vain , trying to scare the enemy from his frightened herds . He is a wasteful beast , a tiger , often killing two or three out of a drove of cattle ...
... directions . The poor village guala swarms up the nearest tree , and shouts for aid in vain , trying to scare the enemy from his frightened herds . He is a wasteful beast , a tiger , often killing two or three out of a drove of cattle ...
Pàgina 35
... direction . All round in a circle the tiger seemed to have stalked , to scent for danger before approaching his prey . The intense excitement of those hours , which seemed moments and the moments hours , have left an impression which ...
... direction . All round in a circle the tiger seemed to have stalked , to scent for danger before approaching his prey . The intense excitement of those hours , which seemed moments and the moments hours , have left an impression which ...
Pàgina 42
... direction , left to right , and presenting a most weird appearance . The cypress tribe is represented in some ranges nearer to Nepal by the very beautiful and towering Cupressus torulosa . It grows only on the sunny slopes over 7,000 ...
... direction , left to right , and presenting a most weird appearance . The cypress tribe is represented in some ranges nearer to Nepal by the very beautiful and towering Cupressus torulosa . It grows only on the sunny slopes over 7,000 ...
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