The Forests of Upper India and Their InhabitantsE. Arnold, 1902 - 344 pàgines |
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Pàgina xiii
... sound for long in the climate of India , where the great alterna- tions of extreme drought and damp heat affect timber rapidly and cause it soon to decay . The hard and heavy native timbers , such as teak and sal , are more suitable for ...
... sound for long in the climate of India , where the great alterna- tions of extreme drought and damp heat affect timber rapidly and cause it soon to decay . The hard and heavy native timbers , such as teak and sal , are more suitable for ...
Pàgina 3
... sounds of interest afforded by the language of the natives , becomes weary of the steam whistle and the invitation to feed of the cosmopolitan waiter . To have travelled through India in the old ways , by dooly dak , gharry dak , and ...
... sounds of interest afforded by the language of the natives , becomes weary of the steam whistle and the invitation to feed of the cosmopolitan waiter . To have travelled through India in the old ways , by dooly dak , gharry dak , and ...
Pàgina 7
... sound like the piston of an engine ; but his huge head , with Israelitish expression , is his most remarkable feature , and the great yellow and scarlet knob on his hooked bill gives him a top - heavy appearance . He lights on a bough ...
... sound like the piston of an engine ; but his huge head , with Israelitish expression , is his most remarkable feature , and the great yellow and scarlet knob on his hooked bill gives him a top - heavy appearance . He lights on a bough ...
Pàgina 14
... only relieved by the musical sounds of the distant stream , whose murmuring seemed to rise and fall on the ear . The faint noise of many waters came up from the whole length of the valley beneath the CHAPTER II ROADS THROUGH THE FOREST.
... only relieved by the musical sounds of the distant stream , whose murmuring seemed to rise and fall on the ear . The faint noise of many waters came up from the whole length of the valley beneath the CHAPTER II ROADS THROUGH THE FOREST.
Pàgina 15
... sounds of nocturnal birds and animals in the neighbouring forest , sometimes near and sometimes in the far distance . The embers are dying out on the fire , all the natives in their extemporized huts have ceased to move , rolled up in ...
... sounds of nocturnal birds and animals in the neighbouring forest , sometimes near and sometimes in the far distance . The embers are dying out on the fire , all the natives in their extemporized huts have ceased to move , rolled up in ...
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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
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