Calcutta Review, Volume 32University of Calcutta, 1859 |
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... once deep valley now filled up by the Deltaic alluvion , hundreds and hundreds of feet in depth , when the ocean sweeping round the base of the Himalayah mountains covered what is now the valley of the Ganges , and joined the sea at the ...
... once deep valley now filled up by the Deltaic alluvion , hundreds and hundreds of feet in depth , when the ocean sweeping round the base of the Himalayah mountains covered what is now the valley of the Ganges , and joined the sea at the ...
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... once more densely populated than it is now , and native history informs us that Saugor Island has been inhabited for centuries . During the operation of clearing Saugor Island in 1822 to 1833 , and later when clearing away the jungle ...
... once more densely populated than it is now , and native history informs us that Saugor Island has been inhabited for centuries . During the operation of clearing Saugor Island in 1822 to 1833 , and later when clearing away the jungle ...
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... once sunk below the level of the ocean cannot be doubted ; the evidences of subsidence are too palpable to be misunderstood , and we know also that the whole coast from Cape Negrais to Akyab on the Eastern coast of the Bay of Bengal is ...
... once sunk below the level of the ocean cannot be doubted ; the evidences of subsidence are too palpable to be misunderstood , and we know also that the whole coast from Cape Negrais to Akyab on the Eastern coast of the Bay of Bengal is ...
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... once subsided below the ocean , only coming to the surface again to become once more covered by forest with an abundant tropical underwood , or as soon as the abundant alluvion brought down by the Ganges and Brahmapooter had filled up ...
... once subsided below the ocean , only coming to the surface again to become once more covered by forest with an abundant tropical underwood , or as soon as the abundant alluvion brought down by the Ganges and Brahmapooter had filled up ...
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... once , whether he is on a bank or in a chan- nel . Government Pilots are always cruising a few miles from the land , and at night continually burn blue lights to inform ships of their position , The segregation of the sand from the mud ...
... once , whether he is on a bank or in a chan- nel . Government Pilots are always cruising a few miles from the land , and at night continually burn blue lights to inform ships of their position , The segregation of the sand from the mud ...
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