The Forests of Upper India and Their InhabitantsE. Arnold, 1902 - 344 pàgines |
Des de l'interior del llibre
Resultats 1 - 5 de 100.
Pàgina ix
... jungle has a similarly wide and uncertain meaning , not necessarily implying trees any more than the Scotch ' deer forest , ' but signifying a region where savage animals dwell , and where wild men exist . I have been asked a hundred ...
... jungle has a similarly wide and uncertain meaning , not necessarily implying trees any more than the Scotch ' deer forest , ' but signifying a region where savage animals dwell , and where wild men exist . I have been asked a hundred ...
Pàgina xiii
... jungle , it was found that timber for sleepers had to be imported from Norway for railway construction . The European pine wood , even when creosoted , did not remain sound for long in the climate of India , where the great alterna ...
... jungle , it was found that timber for sleepers had to be imported from Norway for railway construction . The European pine wood , even when creosoted , did not remain sound for long in the climate of India , where the great alterna ...
Pàgina 3
... sun makes its way upwards . The first glimpse of the great wall of forest - clad mountains is obtained through the long vista ahead . The swamps and tall feathery jungle - grass I - 2 FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE HIMALAYAN FOREST 3.
... sun makes its way upwards . The first glimpse of the great wall of forest - clad mountains is obtained through the long vista ahead . The swamps and tall feathery jungle - grass I - 2 FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE HIMALAYAN FOREST 3.
Pàgina 4
... jungle , principally a 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 ...
... jungle , principally a 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 ...
Pàgina 9
... jungle of evergreen oaks with silvery under - sides to their shiny leaves , and other beautiful evergreens . The forest was then a favourite haunt of wild animals , sambur deer and gooral ( the Himalayan chamois ) , bears and tigers ...
... jungle of evergreen oaks with silvery under - sides to their shiny leaves , and other beautiful evergreens . The forest was then a favourite haunt of wild animals , sambur deer and gooral ( the Himalayan chamois ) , bears and tigers ...
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
Frases i termes més freqüents
acre animals bamboo beast beautiful bheesty Bhotias birds British bullet C. R. ASHBEE camp carried cattle climate climb cloth colour coolies cross Crown 8vo dark deep deer Demy 8vo dense dogs domestic sheep Edition elephant fire forest glacier goats Gorakhpur grass grazing ground grow Gurla Mandhata head herd hills Himalayas horns howdah Hunias Illustrations inches India jungle Jussoo Kumaon land leopard Lhasa mahout mahseer miles mountain Naini Naini Tal Nanda Devi native Nepal nett night numerous Ovis Ammon pass path pine plains ponies precipices rains ravine ridge rifle river rocks rocky rush sahib sambur season seemed seen sheep shikari shoot shot side slopes snow soil species stems stones straight stream summit tail teak tent Terai thick Tibet tiger timber tracks trees valley village wild wind yaks yards
Passatges populars
Pàgina 22 - Thornton. A SPORTING TOUR THROUGH THE NORTHERN PARTS OF ENGLAND AND GREAT PART OF THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND. By Colonel T. THORNTON, of Thornville Royal, in Yorkshire. With the Original Illustrations by GARRARD, and other Illustrations and Coloured Plates by GE LODGE.
Pàgina 11 - Limited to 350 copies, of which 200 are for the use of the Committee for the Survey of the Memorials of Greater London, leaving 150 for sale.
Pàgina 31 - SYMBOLIC EDUCATION : A COMMENTARY ON FROEBEL'S "MOTHER PLAY.
Pàgina 30 - Studies in Evolution. Being mainly Reprints of Occasional Papers selected from the Publications of the Laboratory of Invertebrate Paleontology, Peabody Museum. By CHARLES EMERSON BEECHER, Ph.D., Professor of Historical Geology.
Pàgina 6 - SEVEN ROMAN STATESMEN. By CW OMAN. DEPUTY CHICHELE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD. AUTHOR OF •THE ART OF WAR IN THE MIDDLE AGES,' 'A HISTORY OF ENGLAND,