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 xxi
... seen Gibraltar , Malta , and the Suez Canal , the voyage is not without objects of interest . Between the Channel and these places there is seldom much to be seen . The first place sighted is generally Cape La Hague , or Hogue , on the ...
... seen Gibraltar , Malta , and the Suez Canal , the voyage is not without objects of interest . Between the Channel and these places there is seldom much to be seen . The first place sighted is generally Cape La Hague , or Hogue , on the ...
Page xxxii
... seen from the sea , the shores of the Red Sea present an appearance of absolute sterility . A broad sandy plain slopes inappreci- ably to the foot of the mountains , which are in most parts a considerable distance inland . The ordinary ...
... seen from the sea , the shores of the Red Sea present an appearance of absolute sterility . A broad sandy plain slopes inappreci- ably to the foot of the mountains , which are in most parts a considerable distance inland . The ordinary ...
Page xxxviii
... seen but scores of heels disappearing under the surface as they dive for the money . It is astonishing that no accident happens , for sharks are numerous , and other fish are almost as raven- In 1877 a rock cod between 5 and 6 ft . long ...
... seen but scores of heels disappearing under the surface as they dive for the money . It is astonishing that no accident happens , for sharks are numerous , and other fish are almost as raven- In 1877 a rock cod between 5 and 6 ft . long ...
Page lx
... seen how astonishingly dense fort quite impregnable . ( See Grant the pop . over that area is ; and it Duff , vol . ii . p . 41. ) speaks well for the climate and the sanitation of the municipality that there should be comparatively so ...
... seen how astonishingly dense fort quite impregnable . ( See Grant the pop . over that area is ; and it Duff , vol . ii . p . 41. ) speaks well for the climate and the sanitation of the municipality that there should be comparatively so ...
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... seen to the distance of 18 m . , and beyond the lighthouse the shoal water extends for a mile . It flashes every 10 seconds . Another lighthouse takes the place of the old Inner Light vessel . CHURCHES . The Cathedral of St. Thomas ...
... seen to the distance of 18 m . , and beyond the lighthouse the shoal water extends for a mile . It flashes every 10 seconds . Another lighthouse takes the place of the old Inner Light vessel . CHURCHES . The Cathedral of St. Thomas ...
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