Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma and Ceylon Including AllBritish India, the Portuguese and French Possessions, and the Indian StatesJ. Murray, 1892 |
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... Canal ; to the right the range of Gebel Attakah , a most striking and beautiful object , with its black - violet heights hemming in the Red Sea ; away to the left the rosy peaks of Mount Sinai ; and between the two XXX India SUEZ.
... Canal ; to the right the range of Gebel Attakah , a most striking and beautiful object , with its black - violet heights hemming in the Red Sea ; away to the left the rosy peaks of Mount Sinai ; and between the two XXX India SUEZ.
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... at the house of prayer , and around is a beautiful garden full of flowers and flowering shrubs . Here under the shade of fine trees relatives In area of the deceased can sit and meditate . The New TOWERS OF SILENCE 11.
... at the house of prayer , and around is a beautiful garden full of flowers and flowering shrubs . Here under the shade of fine trees relatives In area of the deceased can sit and meditate . The New TOWERS OF SILENCE 11.
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... of 34 acres , and are prettily laid out . beautiful Bougainvillea is very con- spicuous . On the extreme E. is a The MÁHIM Valkeshwar Malabár P Girga Sonapur Back Warli Lovegrove sta LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS , ETC. 15.
... of 34 acres , and are prettily laid out . beautiful Bougainvillea is very con- spicuous . On the extreme E. is a The MÁHIM Valkeshwar Malabár P Girga Sonapur Back Warli Lovegrove sta LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS , ETC. 15.
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... beautiful shrubs , are seats for loungers . There is also a Coffee House , where servants congregate , and which clears 1200 rs . a year . On the S. side is the Poultry Market , where fowls , ducks , turkeys , snipe , curlew , teal ...
... beautiful shrubs , are seats for loungers . There is also a Coffee House , where servants congregate , and which clears 1200 rs . a year . On the S. side is the Poultry Market , where fowls , ducks , turkeys , snipe , curlew , teal ...
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... beautiful . To the N. is Salsette Hill , otherwise called the Neat's Tongue , at Trom- bay , which is 1000 ft . above sea - level . steam launch makes the excursion several times a week , and makes other excursions in the harbour . 1 ...
... beautiful . To the N. is Salsette Hill , otherwise called the Neat's Tongue , at Trom- bay , which is 1000 ft . above sea - level . steam launch makes the excursion several times a week , and makes other excursions in the harbour . 1 ...
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