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 528
... wonderful . Kuala Lumpur Johore is the Land's End of Malaya , the least mountainous of all the Malay States , and its capital , New Johore , belies its name , for it looks sad and old , very different from Kuala Lumpur , the capital of ...
... wonderful . Kuala Lumpur Johore is the Land's End of Malaya , the least mountainous of all the Malay States , and its capital , New Johore , belies its name , for it looks sad and old , very different from Kuala Lumpur , the capital of ...
Page 620
... wonderful gardens , and a still more wonderful Nilometer , with columns to register the rise of the river ; taxation depended on this , and rulers have been known to issue deceitful reports in times of drought . Pyramids Hence an ...
... wonderful gardens , and a still more wonderful Nilometer , with columns to register the rise of the river ; taxation depended on this , and rulers have been known to issue deceitful reports in times of drought . Pyramids Hence an ...
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... wonderful old architecture that it may be regarded almost as one great museum of mediƦval art ; beautiful gables , sculptured portals , dormer windows , wonderful arches , elaborately carved woodwork are almost commonplace in their ...
... wonderful old architecture that it may be regarded almost as one great museum of mediƦval art ; beautiful gables , sculptured portals , dormer windows , wonderful arches , elaborately carved woodwork are almost commonplace in their ...
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INDIA Concluded | 501 |
MALAYA BORNEO AND HONG KONG | 527 |
AUSTRALIA | 531 |
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