The Forests of Upper India and Their InhabitantsE. Arnold, 1902 - 344 pàgines |
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Pàgina ix
... ground interspersed with trees . ' Italians still call strangers generally forestieri , conveying the idea that all outside the pale of civilization is forest . The Great Hercynian Forest , covering half of Northern Europe , was to the ...
... ground interspersed with trees . ' Italians still call strangers generally forestieri , conveying the idea that all outside the pale of civilization is forest . The Great Hercynian Forest , covering half of Northern Europe , was to the ...
Pàgina 12
... ground and hotel and assembly rooms , and the library well stored with books , which used to be the scene of many hours ' recreation and amusement , alas ! is too well known , and the terrible tragedy that ensued ; but that was years ...
... ground and hotel and assembly rooms , and the library well stored with books , which used to be the scene of many hours ' recreation and amusement , alas ! is too well known , and the terrible tragedy that ensued ; but that was years ...
Pàgina 17
... ground beyond . The line would then sweep along the slopes of a side valley over- looking a brawling stream buried in dense forest of dark sal trees , and , higher up , evergreen oaks , acacias , and a great variety of semi - tropical ...
... ground beyond . The line would then sweep along the slopes of a side valley over- looking a brawling stream buried in dense forest of dark sal trees , and , higher up , evergreen oaks , acacias , and a great variety of semi - tropical ...
Pàgina 18
... ground , to be surrounded and seized when half stunned by the fall . His little wrinkled face was the picture of misery , and he struggled and cried piteously . The leaders of the monkey troop came round as near as they dared to recover ...
... ground , to be surrounded and seized when half stunned by the fall . His little wrinkled face was the picture of misery , and he struggled and cried piteously . The leaders of the monkey troop came round as near as they dared to recover ...
Pàgina 29
... ground and rocks are too hot to touch , and the feet are scorched and blistered by the baked and deeply cracked soil . There comes a whistling sound in the air , which presages the coming monsoon , and small whirlwinds sweep up dust and ...
... ground and rocks are too hot to touch , and the feet are scorched and blistered by the baked and deeply cracked soil . There comes a whistling sound in the air , which presages the coming monsoon , and small whirlwinds sweep up dust and ...
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