Modern India and the Indians: Being a Series of Impressions, Notes, and EssaysTrübner and Company, 1879 - 365 pages |
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... less steep than towards the Spanish frontier . The vegetation is quite tropical . Prickly pears , cactuses , and pepper trees appeared to be growing luxuriantly , and aloes were as plentiful as blackberry bushes . Europa Point commands ...
... less steep than towards the Spanish frontier . The vegetation is quite tropical . Prickly pears , cactuses , and pepper trees appeared to be growing luxuriantly , and aloes were as plentiful as blackberry bushes . Europa Point commands ...
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... to support its inhabitants . Numbers emigrate and spread themselves over the Mediterranean . No less than 10,000 Maltese are said to be settled in Tunis . Their own peculiar vernacular tongue is a corrupt 8 MODERN INDIA .
... to support its inhabitants . Numbers emigrate and spread themselves over the Mediterranean . No less than 10,000 Maltese are said to be settled in Tunis . Their own peculiar vernacular tongue is a corrupt 8 MODERN INDIA .
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... less than those of English sailors , but if the Company save in this way , a per contra outlay is incurred , because more men are re- 1 In Hindūstānī , Kālā pānī . This phrase is now commonly substituted for the more proper expression ...
... less than those of English sailors , but if the Company save in this way , a per contra outlay is incurred , because more men are re- 1 In Hindūstānī , Kālā pānī . This phrase is now commonly substituted for the more proper expression ...
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... less than one hour in steaming from one station to the next . Two ships advancing towards each other in opposite directions are never allowed to meet while in motion . One is compelled to draw off to a siding while the other passes ...
... less than one hour in steaming from one station to the next . Two ships advancing towards each other in opposite directions are never allowed to meet while in motion . One is compelled to draw off to a siding while the other passes ...
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... less dangerous . The only showers in the Red Sea are showers of sand . On the fourth day we passed the twelve rocky volcanic islands called the Twelve Apostles . In some of them coal- black scoria and ashes , looking as if quite ...
... less dangerous . The only showers in the Red Sea are showers of sand . On the fourth day we passed the twelve rocky volcanic islands called the Twelve Apostles . In some of them coal- black scoria and ashes , looking as if quite ...
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