The Forests of Upper India and Their InhabitantsE. Arnold, 1902 - 344 pàgines |
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... straight road leading from Bareilly to the foot of the Himalayan hills , would occasionally express his dissatisfaction at the swinging motion by plaintive com- mands . ' Step out of time ' is the I CHAPTER FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE ...
... straight road leading from Bareilly to the foot of the Himalayan hills , would occasionally express his dissatisfaction at the swinging motion by plaintive com- mands . ' Step out of time ' is the I CHAPTER FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE ...
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... straight up from the plain , as the first view breaks suddenly on the sight , is mysterious and impressive , and hard to realize . Let us sit and wonder at this scene in the verandah of the friendly rest - house which a parental ...
... straight up from the plain , as the first view breaks suddenly on the sight , is mysterious and impressive , and hard to realize . Let us sit and wonder at this scene in the verandah of the friendly rest - house which a parental ...
Pàgina 21
... straight sal trees which grow in the forest , a very heavy and straight - grained timber , darker in colour but not unlike teak in the grain . Sal ( Shorea robusta ) grows all over the Bhabar , or foot - hills above the Terai , and up ...
... straight sal trees which grow in the forest , a very heavy and straight - grained timber , darker in colour but not unlike teak in the grain . Sal ( Shorea robusta ) grows all over the Bhabar , or foot - hills above the Terai , and up ...
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... straight over- head , hanging like a crimson - red globe ready to drop on to the doomed earth . There are no clouds , but the air * Bombax heptaphyllum . is so thick with smoke and dust that it seems 28 THE FORESTS OF UPPER INDIA.
... straight over- head , hanging like a crimson - red globe ready to drop on to the doomed earth . There are no clouds , but the air * Bombax heptaphyllum . is so thick with smoke and dust that it seems 28 THE FORESTS OF UPPER INDIA.
Pàgina 41
... straight that in some places they split the great logs into boards to construct their temples , and into shingles for roofing , which stand the changes of climate for centuries without any sign of decay . The forests of Kumaon contain ...
... straight that in some places they split the great logs into boards to construct their temples , and into shingles for roofing , which stand the changes of climate for centuries without any sign of decay . The forests of Kumaon contain ...
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