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 xxxiv
... leaving Suez the lighthouses seen are Zafarana and Ras Gharib , both on the W. coast before Tor is reached . Then follows the light on Ashrafi , just inside the mouth of the Gulf of Suez , and that on Shadwar , just south of it . The ...
... leaving Suez the lighthouses seen are Zafarana and Ras Gharib , both on the W. coast before Tor is reached . Then follows the light on Ashrafi , just inside the mouth of the Gulf of Suez , and that on Shadwar , just south of it . The ...
Page xxxix
... leaving Aden the only land usually approached by steamers bound for India is the Island of Socotra , which is about 150 m . E. of Cape Guardafui , the E. point of the African continent . The island is 71 m . long , and 22 broad . Most ...
... leaving Aden the only land usually approached by steamers bound for India is the Island of Socotra , which is about 150 m . E. of Cape Guardafui , the E. point of the African continent . The island is 71 m . long , and 22 broad . Most ...
Page 7
... leaving only a house and a sum of money under £ 3000 . He bequeathed , however , to his family a more precious legacy , The Custom House is a large , ugly old building , a little to the S. of the Town Hall and Cathedral . It was a ...
... leaving only a house and a sum of money under £ 3000 . He bequeathed , however , to his family a more precious legacy , The Custom House is a large , ugly old building , a little to the S. of the Town Hall and Cathedral . It was a ...
Page 9
... leaving the country in 1864 , in memory of seven brother officers . The brass altar candlesticks were made in the School of Art at Bombay . Behind the lectern is the Litany stool , inscribed , " A Thank Offering from the R. W. Fusiliers ...
... leaving the country in 1864 , in memory of seven brother officers . The brass altar candlesticks were made in the School of Art at Bombay . Behind the lectern is the Litany stool , inscribed , " A Thank Offering from the R. W. Fusiliers ...
Page 11
... leaving the carriers of the dead descend if it be Tower , after depositing the corpse on requisite to remove obstructions from the grating within , they proceed to the perforations . The dust in the well the purifying place , where they ...
... leaving the carriers of the dead descend if it be Tower , after depositing the corpse on requisite to remove obstructions from the grating within , they proceed to the perforations . The dust in the well the purifying place , where they ...
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