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 xvi
... rises , or to sleep in at night when roughing it . Tourists should remember that the evening dews are so heavy as to absolutely wet the outer garment , the nights and mornings are quite cold , and yet the middle of the day is always ...
... rises , or to sleep in at night when roughing it . Tourists should remember that the evening dews are so heavy as to absolutely wet the outer garment , the nights and mornings are quite cold , and yet the middle of the day is always ...
Page xxiii
... rises in a perpendicular precipice 1200 ft . high , and ascends in the centre to 1408 ft . It is 3 m . in length , and from m . tom . in breadth . It is joined to the mainland by a low sandy isthmus , 14 m . in length . On all sides but ...
... rises in a perpendicular precipice 1200 ft . high , and ascends in the centre to 1408 ft . It is 3 m . in length , and from m . tom . in breadth . It is joined to the mainland by a low sandy isthmus , 14 m . in length . On all sides but ...
Page xxiv
... rises to a height of more than 2000 ft . There is a town of the same name near the sea - shore , on the western slope , where there is much cultivation . It is used by the Italians as a penal settlement , and is rather smaller than Gozo ...
... rises to a height of more than 2000 ft . There is a town of the same name near the sea - shore , on the western slope , where there is much cultivation . It is used by the Italians as a penal settlement , and is rather smaller than Gozo ...
Page xxxiii
... rises and falls in it about one foot . The town of Berenice was founded by Ptolemy Philadelphus , and so called after his mother . There is a temple at the end of a street , towards the centre of the town , built of hewn stone , and ...
... rises and falls in it about one foot . The town of Berenice was founded by Ptolemy Philadelphus , and so called after his mother . There is a temple at the end of a street , towards the centre of the town , built of hewn stone , and ...
Page xxxvi
... rise out of deep water to within a few feet of the surface . A navigable channel from 2 to 3 m . wide extends between them and the E. coast , and a narrower one on the W. coast . The whole sea is in course of upheaval . The former ...
... rise out of deep water to within a few feet of the surface . A navigable channel from 2 to 3 m . wide extends between them and the E. coast , and a narrower one on the W. coast . The whole sea is in course of upheaval . The former ...
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