The Forests of Upper India and Their InhabitantsE. Arnold, 1902 - 344 pàgines |
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Pàgina 4
... fires have cleared out the luxuriant undergrowth which springs up in the rains . It is the home of every wild animal , from the elephant downwards . Troops of great white langur apes , with long tails and black grinning faces and hands ...
... fires have cleared out the luxuriant undergrowth which springs up in the rains . It is the home of every wild animal , from the elephant downwards . Troops of great white langur apes , with long tails and black grinning faces and hands ...
Pàgina 14
... fire of glowing logs just opposite its open door , looked like a forest home of the most agreeable kind . The cloudless starlit sky and still atmosphere , windless and not cold , made it quite delightful to sit under the canopy of ...
... fire of glowing logs just opposite its open door , looked like a forest home of the most agreeable kind . The cloudless starlit sky and still atmosphere , windless and not cold , made it quite delightful to sit under the canopy of ...
Pàgina 15
... fire , all the natives in their extemporized huts have ceased to move , rolled up in their black blankets ; the ... fires are set a - burning . The chota haziri ( or small roll- call ) is the necessary first meal , which comes as a ...
... fire , all the natives in their extemporized huts have ceased to move , rolled up in their black blankets ; the ... fires are set a - burning . The chota haziri ( or small roll- call ) is the necessary first meal , which comes as a ...
Pàgina 20
... fire burns . The anvil is a large stone , and with hammer and tongs very fair work is done . Then there were the lime burners , timber workers , and masons ( raj mistri ) , not of the Dotial 20 THE FORESTS OF UPPER INDIA.
... fire burns . The anvil is a large stone , and with hammer and tongs very fair work is done . Then there were the lime burners , timber workers , and masons ( raj mistri ) , not of the Dotial 20 THE FORESTS OF UPPER INDIA.
Pàgina 27
... fire burning when she cooked her daily meal of rice or boiled millet , her covering a single blanket . Everyone passing knew her , and many had given her pice . The Gurkhas going there soon found the body in the jungle close by ...
... fire burning when she cooked her daily meal of rice or boiled millet , her covering a single blanket . Everyone passing knew her , and many had given her pice . The Gurkhas going there soon found the body in the jungle close by ...
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