The Forests of Upper India and Their InhabitantsE. Arnold, 1902 - 344 pàgines |
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... Never- theless , game is getting scarcer than it was . I was fortu- nate in being in the country at a time - shortly after the Mutiny when game of all kinds was very plentiful , and when in most places it was easy to keep the larder and ...
... Never- theless , game is getting scarcer than it was . I was fortu- nate in being in the country at a time - shortly after the Mutiny when game of all kinds was very plentiful , and when in most places it was easy to keep the larder and ...
Pàgina 1
... never been a chance of five minutes ' consecutive sleep for the weary traveller reclining within . The long bamboo on which the vehicle hung , borne on the shoulders of four men , while four more ran beside , taking shift every five ...
... never been a chance of five minutes ' consecutive sleep for the weary traveller reclining within . The long bamboo on which the vehicle hung , borne on the shoulders of four men , while four more ran beside , taking shift every five ...
Pàgina 2
... never to step in time together , an error which causes the bamboo to bend with the steps of the kahars , and the unlucky passenger to be shot up and down on the elastic cord- laced bottom of the dooly like a pea on a drum . Each man is ...
... never to step in time together , an error which causes the bamboo to bend with the steps of the kahars , and the unlucky passenger to be shot up and down on the elastic cord- laced bottom of the dooly like a pea on a drum . Each man is ...
Pàgina 3
... never afterwards effaced . The breaking of the glorious day in India after such a night of darkness and uncertainty is a pleasant relief . Weariness and relaxation rapidly give way to freshness and a feeling of exhilaration as the crisp ...
... never afterwards effaced . The breaking of the glorious day in India after such a night of darkness and uncertainty is a pleasant relief . Weariness and relaxation rapidly give way to freshness and a feeling of exhilaration as the crisp ...
Pàgina 4
... never seen a stone , as the level and dusty surface is all deep alluvial . To those even who have lived in moderately hilly countries , the sudden rise from the plains of the huge mountains of the Himalayas , with slopes and buttresses ...
... never seen a stone , as the level and dusty surface is all deep alluvial . To those even who have lived in moderately hilly countries , the sudden rise from the plains of the huge mountains of the Himalayas , with slopes and buttresses ...
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