Calcutta Review, Volume 9University of Calcutta, 1848 |
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... months of the year , is perhaps as well fitted for an European constitution as the greater range of the thermometer in the dis- tricts of the North West . Few readers either in India or in England require to 2 THE PLAINS OF THE LOWER ...
... months of the year , is perhaps as well fitted for an European constitution as the greater range of the thermometer in the dis- tricts of the North West . Few readers either in India or in England require to 2 THE PLAINS OF THE LOWER ...
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... months of the year , it has been imagined that Boru is identical with Varuna ( ! ) the Hindu Neptune or Regent of waters . But all speculations of phi- lology apart , the features of the cultivation are in general as fol- lows . The ...
... months of the year , it has been imagined that Boru is identical with Varuna ( ! ) the Hindu Neptune or Regent of waters . But all speculations of phi- lology apart , the features of the cultivation are in general as fol- lows . The ...
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... months of July and August , and if a sudden and protracted down- fall ensues ere the stalks have made head , the consequences are often total ruin to the crop . A night and day spent actually under water , are however productive of ...
... months of July and August , and if a sudden and protracted down- fall ensues ere the stalks have made head , the consequences are often total ruin to the crop . A night and day spent actually under water , are however productive of ...
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... months of the year . As these jhíls or jhíls decrease from the influence of the hot sun , their edges are scraped and cleared in the same manner as the ground for the roa crop . If a supply of water is at command , the Ryot defies sun ...
... months of the year . As these jhíls or jhíls decrease from the influence of the hot sun , their edges are scraped and cleared in the same manner as the ground for the roa crop . If a supply of water is at command , the Ryot defies sun ...
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... months of July and August , a dreary succession of sand banks , with a few pools of water be- tween them for the remaining months of the year . We have everything , in short , save the clear pebbly streams which are sometimes to be ...
... months of July and August , a dreary succession of sand banks , with a few pools of water be- tween them for the remaining months of the year . We have everything , in short , save the clear pebbly streams which are sometimes to be ...
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