Calcutta Review, Volume 32University of Calcutta, 1859 |
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... to 120 at Noacolly and Chittagong , and 200 at Arracan . The East coast is annually visited by earthquakes , which are rare on the West ; and lastly , the majority of the great trees and shrubs carried down B 2 THE GANGETIC DELTA . 3.
... to 120 at Noacolly and Chittagong , and 200 at Arracan . The East coast is annually visited by earthquakes , which are rare on the West ; and lastly , the majority of the great trees and shrubs carried down B 2 THE GANGETIC DELTA . 3.
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the majority of the great trees and shrubs carried down from the Cuttack and Orissa forests , and deposited on the West coast of the Delta , are not only different in species , but in natural order , from those that the Fenny and ...
the majority of the great trees and shrubs carried down from the Cuttack and Orissa forests , and deposited on the West coast of the Delta , are not only different in species , but in natural order , from those that the Fenny and ...
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... carried on . In the Island of Saugor , which lies upon the extreme edge of the Deltaic basin , consequently lying higher than the centre of the Delta , the remains of tanks , temples and roads are still to be seen , showing that it was ...
... carried on . In the Island of Saugor , which lies upon the extreme edge of the Deltaic basin , consequently lying higher than the centre of the Delta , the remains of tanks , temples and roads are still to be seen , showing that it was ...
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... carried away by the river : as in my remembrance a vast tract of land has disappeared thereabouts . Bengalla appears to have been in existence during the early part of the last century . " If we consider the unsubstantial nature of the ...
... carried away by the river : as in my remembrance a vast tract of land has disappeared thereabouts . Bengalla appears to have been in existence during the early part of the last century . " If we consider the unsubstantial nature of the ...
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... carried out to sea for forty , fifty , and even for sixty miles , where silently and slowly it finds its way to the ... carry the waters of the Megna and Fenny back * Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal . Vol . IX . page 686 . over ...
... carried out to sea for forty , fifty , and even for sixty miles , where silently and slowly it finds its way to the ... carry the waters of the Megna and Fenny back * Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal . Vol . IX . page 686 . over ...
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