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
... taken out or stowed away according to the temperature and weather . For a winter tour in the plains of India , a traveller requires similar clothing to that which he would wear in the spring or autumn in England , but in addition he ...
... taken out or stowed away according to the temperature and weather . For a winter tour in the plains of India , a traveller requires similar clothing to that which he would wear in the spring or autumn in England , but in addition he ...
Page xx
... taken for their preservation must be a subject of frequent remark . Partly under outside pressure , Government has made various attempts at conservation , but being carried out through the engineering staff of the Public Works Depart ...
... taken for their preservation must be a subject of frequent remark . Partly under outside pressure , Government has made various attempts at conservation , but being carried out through the engineering staff of the Public Works Depart ...
Page xxii
... taken from the Spaniards in 711 A.D. by Tarik ibn Zayad , from whom it was called Jabal al Tarik Gibraltar ; and it was retaken 1309 ; and not finally wrested from the Moors till 1503. In 1704 it was taken by the English and sustained ...
... taken from the Spaniards in 711 A.D. by Tarik ibn Zayad , from whom it was called Jabal al Tarik Gibraltar ; and it was retaken 1309 ; and not finally wrested from the Moors till 1503. In 1704 it was taken by the English and sustained ...
Page xxxi
... taken and the time spent at the place , from half a day to a day . The shortest way is to take a sailing - boat , or one of the small steamers that ply between the town and the harbour , as far as the jetty , which has been built out ...
... taken and the time spent at the place , from half a day to a day . The shortest way is to take a sailing - boat , or one of the small steamers that ply between the town and the harbour , as far as the jetty , which has been built out ...
Page xxxvi
... taken from the Arabs by the British on the 16th of January 1839 ( see the Aden Handbook , by Captain F. M. Hunter ) . It was attacked by the Abdalis and Fadthelis on the 11th of November in that year , but they were repulsed with the ...
... taken from the Arabs by the British on the 16th of January 1839 ( see the Aden Handbook , by Captain F. M. Hunter ) . It was attacked by the Abdalis and Fadthelis on the 11th of November in that year , but they were repulsed with the ...
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