The World of To-day: The Marvels of Nature and the Creations of Man, Volume 3Harry Johnston, Leslie Haden Baron Haden-Guest G. P. Putnam's sons, 1924 |
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Page 515
... hill called Throne of Solomon and survey the wondrous scenery . Hence we behold the artistic twists and loops of the river , which inspired the pattern of Kash- mir shawls , whose silky suppleness goes back five hundred years . This is ...
... hill called Throne of Solomon and survey the wondrous scenery . Hence we behold the artistic twists and loops of the river , which inspired the pattern of Kash- mir shawls , whose silky suppleness goes back five hundred years . This is ...
Page 524
... where wild elephants come to drink at eventide . But what are those strange green hills which even the forests have been unable to destroy ? Surely they are towers Photo : Underwood . BOYS DIVING FOR COINS AT COLOMBO 524 The World To - Day.
... where wild elephants come to drink at eventide . But what are those strange green hills which even the forests have been unable to destroy ? Surely they are towers Photo : Underwood . BOYS DIVING FOR COINS AT COLOMBO 524 The World To - Day.
Page 526
... hills , and the chief part of the city sits on the banks of a shining lake . But there are serpents in this Eden , cobras everywhere , and deadly carawillas as well as black scor- pions as large as small lobsters and threatening sudden ...
... hills , and the chief part of the city sits on the banks of a shining lake . But there are serpents in this Eden , cobras everywhere , and deadly carawillas as well as black scor- pions as large as small lobsters and threatening sudden ...
Page 531
... hills and valleys are peopled by heathen agriculturists ; the interior is a vast unknown region of enormous ... hill people are Dayaks and Dusuns , the Dayaks being VOL . III - 3 fierce head - hunters and the Dusuns being peaceful except ...
... hills and valleys are peopled by heathen agriculturists ; the interior is a vast unknown region of enormous ... hill people are Dayaks and Dusuns , the Dayaks being VOL . III - 3 fierce head - hunters and the Dusuns being peaceful except ...
Page 534
... hills are almost treeless and the streams can be traced by lines of rank herbage . Nowhere is the eye relieved by evidences of cultivation or fertility , and though patches of coast land have been planted with rice , potatoes and yams ...
... hills are almost treeless and the streams can be traced by lines of rank herbage . Nowhere is the eye relieved by evidences of cultivation or fertility , and though patches of coast land have been planted with rice , potatoes and yams ...
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