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... coast of India to Cape Comorin , and from there north- wards to Calcutta , there is not a single natural harbour which can admit vessels at all times of the year to work their cargoes in actual safety . The Government of India has , it ...
... coast of India to Cape Comorin , and from there north- wards to Calcutta , there is not a single natural harbour which can admit vessels at all times of the year to work their cargoes in actual safety . The Government of India has , it ...
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... coast ; but the same disadvantage is attached to them all . Vessels have to lie outside in open roadsteads , and frequently during the prevalence of the two monsoons , the south- west and the north - east , they have to suspend all ...
... coast ; but the same disadvantage is attached to them all . Vessels have to lie outside in open roadsteads , and frequently during the prevalence of the two monsoons , the south- west and the north - east , they have to suspend all ...
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... coast and the south - west . Due south from Madras runs the South Indian over 1000 miles of line , touching at all the ports dotted along the Bay of Bengal till it reaches Tuticorin , from which port the traffic to and from Ceylon is ...
... coast and the south - west . Due south from Madras runs the South Indian over 1000 miles of line , touching at all the ports dotted along the Bay of Bengal till it reaches Tuticorin , from which port the traffic to and from Ceylon is ...
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... coast , known as the Western Ghauts . It falls with great violence on the slopes of the Travancore Hills , and exhausts itself against their valleys and crests , but then C passes over the eastern side in dense masses of clouds MADRAS 33.
... coast , known as the Western Ghauts . It falls with great violence on the slopes of the Travancore Hills , and exhausts itself against their valleys and crests , but then C passes over the eastern side in dense masses of clouds MADRAS 33.
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... coast , Canarese in the regions bor- dering on Mysore , and Uriya in the far north . The officials and the professional classes almost all speak English , and I suppose there are altogether very many more natives of the country who ...
... coast , Canarese in the regions bor- dering on Mysore , and Uriya in the far north . The officials and the professional classes almost all speak English , and I suppose there are altogether very many more natives of the country who ...
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