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 xxix
... Lake Manzalah , and for the rest of the distance to the W. , and the whole distance to the E. , a sandy desert , on which foxes , jackals , hyenas , and , it is said , occasionally even lions , wander at night . 21 m . , or 34 kil ...
... Lake Manzalah , and for the rest of the distance to the W. , and the whole distance to the E. , a sandy desert , on which foxes , jackals , hyenas , and , it is said , occasionally even lions , wander at night . 21 m . , or 34 kil ...
Page xxx
... Lakes , where the course is buoyed . These lakes are the ancient Gulf of Heræopolis . At the N. and S. end of the principal lake is an iron lighthouse 65 ft . high , on a solid masonry base . After 28 m . the deep cutting of Shaluf is ...
... Lakes , where the course is buoyed . These lakes are the ancient Gulf of Heræopolis . At the N. and S. end of the principal lake is an iron lighthouse 65 ft . high , on a solid masonry base . After 28 m . the deep cutting of Shaluf is ...
Page 18
... Lake and Tanna patient Rama made for himself a and close to Narel wild duck , snipe , Lingam of the sand at the spot . When hares , and partridges are to be found . the one from Benares arrived it was At places in Guzerat some of the ...
... Lake and Tanna patient Rama made for himself a and close to Narel wild duck , snipe , Lingam of the sand at the spot . When hares , and partridges are to be found . the one from Benares arrived it was At places in Guzerat some of the ...
Page 22
... Lake ( drive 15 m . ) from Bombay , or better by G. I. P. Rly . to Bhandup , 17 m . Arrange with the station - master at Bhandup beforehand to have a pony ready , and canter to the lake in half an hour , turning to the rt . at a ...
... Lake ( drive 15 m . ) from Bombay , or better by G. I. P. Rly . to Bhandup , 17 m . Arrange with the station - master at Bhandup beforehand to have a pony ready , and canter to the lake in half an hour , turning to the rt . at a ...
Page 23
... lake , and 6 m . from the D.B. at Tanna ( see Rte . 1 ) . There are 109 of these caves ; but though more numerous , they are pronounced by Mr. Fergusson1 to be much less interesting than those at Ajanta , Ellora , or Karli . The same ...
... lake , and 6 m . from the D.B. at Tanna ( see Rte . 1 ) . There are 109 of these caves ; but though more numerous , they are pronounced by Mr. Fergusson1 to be much less interesting than those at Ajanta , Ellora , or Karli . The same ...
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