The World of To-day: The Marvels of Nature and the Creations of Man, Volume 2Harry Johnston, Leslie Haden Baron Haden-Guest William H. Wise & Company, 1937 |
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Page 505
... Close by is a marble - topped pedestal on which are two imprints made by the feet of Vishnu . The privilege of being cremated there is highly prized and restricted to a few favoured families . Then there is the Ghât of the Five Rivers ...
... Close by is a marble - topped pedestal on which are two imprints made by the feet of Vishnu . The privilege of being cremated there is highly prized and restricted to a few favoured families . Then there is the Ghât of the Five Rivers ...
Page 638
... close quarters . To begin with , we expected vastness and grandeur and all the atmosphere of the New Testament . But we soon find that very little remains of the cradle of Christi- anity . Peace may at last be within her walls , but the ...
... close quarters . To begin with , we expected vastness and grandeur and all the atmosphere of the New Testament . But we soon find that very little remains of the cradle of Christi- anity . Peace may at last be within her walls , but the ...
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... close in that the channels begin to open up . Navigation is a tortuous business ; the steamer twists and turns until it passes behind large islands , when we discover fjords stretching away between tremendous precipices that mount ...
... close in that the channels begin to open up . Navigation is a tortuous business ; the steamer twists and turns until it passes behind large islands , when we discover fjords stretching away between tremendous precipices that mount ...
Contents
INDIA Concluded | 501 |
MALAYA BORNEO AND HONG KONG | 527 |
AUSTRALIA | 531 |
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