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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Page xxv
... entrance to the great harbour is protected on the W. by Fort St. Elmo at the end of Sciberras , and on the E. by Fort Ricasoli , both very formidable . At Fort St. Elmo is one of the finest lighthouses in the Mediterranean . The great ...
... entrance to the great harbour is protected on the W. by Fort St. Elmo at the end of Sciberras , and on the E. by Fort Ricasoli , both very formidable . At Fort St. Elmo is one of the finest lighthouses in the Mediterranean . The great ...
Page xxvii
... entrance is on the S.S.E. , and a passage leads from it into a court , on the left of which is an altar , with the semblance of a plant rudely sculptured on it . Similar remains are found in other parts of Malta and in Gozo . Malta is ...
... entrance is on the S.S.E. , and a passage leads from it into a court , on the left of which is an altar , with the semblance of a plant rudely sculptured on it . Similar remains are found in other parts of Malta and in Gozo . Malta is ...
Page xxviii
... entrance is 30 ft . Since the works were begun , the sea has receded m . , and a bank has formed to the N.W. of the entrance , having only 4 to 5 fathoms water on it , and it increases , being caused by a current which sets along the ...
... entrance is 30 ft . Since the works were begun , the sea has receded m . , and a bank has formed to the N.W. of the entrance , having only 4 to 5 fathoms water on it , and it increases , being caused by a current which sets along the ...
Page xxxi
... entrance to the canal , and way to the usual starting - point for the Wells . Either of these routes will take from three to four hours . The sums to be paid for boats and donkeys had better be strictly agreed upon beforehand . There ...
... entrance to the canal , and way to the usual starting - point for the Wells . Either of these routes will take from three to four hours . The sums to be paid for boats and donkeys had better be strictly agreed upon beforehand . There ...
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... entrance are the arms of Sir B. Frere ( who was Governor when the plans were formulated for erecting Public Buildings , and to whom Bom- bay owes many of its improvements ) and Sir S. Fitzgerald , and there is a very handsome armoire ...
... entrance are the arms of Sir B. Frere ( who was Governor when the plans were formulated for erecting Public Buildings , and to whom Bom- bay owes many of its improvements ) and Sir S. Fitzgerald , and there is a very handsome armoire ...
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