The Forests of Upper India and Their InhabitantsE. Arnold, 1902 - 344 pàgines |
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Pàgina 7
... move higher up . Charcoal - burning is largely practised ; and the smelting of iron , which is found in the hills , has long been an industry , as shown by aban- doned smelting furnaces and limekilns rudely built of sandstone . A ...
... move higher up . Charcoal - burning is largely practised ; and the smelting of iron , which is found in the hills , has long been an industry , as shown by aban- doned smelting furnaces and limekilns rudely built of sandstone . A ...
Pàgina 11
... moved higher up . In April and May the real hot weather was on , and the work on the highest portions of the road , twenty - five miles in length , was carried on at an elevation of 7,000 feet , where the climate was hot , but the air ...
... moved higher up . In April and May the real hot weather was on , and the work on the highest portions of the road , twenty - five miles in length , was carried on at an elevation of 7,000 feet , where the climate was hot , but the air ...
Pàgina 15
... move , rolled up in their black blankets ; the horses only are still awake , chewing their forage and stamping at times . A chill creeps over the relaxed limbs ; it is time to turn in , to close the double flies of the thick , well ...
... move , rolled up in their black blankets ; the horses only are still awake , chewing their forage and stamping at times . A chill creeps over the relaxed limbs ; it is time to turn in , to close the double flies of the thick , well ...
Pàgina 34
... move could be indulged in , nor yet tobacco if success was to be secured . Luckily , for a wonder , the flies even were too sleepy and overpowered by the heat to trouble much , though some did buzz persistently about one's nose , and ...
... move could be indulged in , nor yet tobacco if success was to be secured . Luckily , for a wonder , the flies even were too sleepy and overpowered by the heat to trouble much , though some did buzz persistently about one's nose , and ...
Pàgina 35
... moved on through the thicket , it was such a slow , gliding motion that were it not for the black stripes the eye would fail to catch it , and the ear could detect no actual sound . When all object for concealment ceased , and he had ...
... moved on through the thicket , it was such a slow , gliding motion that were it not for the black stripes the eye would fail to catch it , and the ear could detect no actual sound . When all object for concealment ceased , and he had ...
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