The British Empire Series: India, Ceylon, Straits Settlements, British North Borneo, Hong-KongK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 |
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... side of the great peninsulas of Africa or South America . More respect is due , certainly , to its population , which is not less than a fifth of the estimated number of in- habitants of the world , and ten times that of this country ...
... side of the great peninsulas of Africa or South America . More respect is due , certainly , to its population , which is not less than a fifth of the estimated number of in- habitants of the world , and ten times that of this country ...
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and good - will , and sectarian strife would be excited on both sides , from Comorin to Kashmir . In order to appreciate fully the separative in- fluence of religious distinctions in India , one must realise that religion is not there a ...
and good - will , and sectarian strife would be excited on both sides , from Comorin to Kashmir . In order to appreciate fully the separative in- fluence of religious distinctions in India , one must realise that religion is not there a ...
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... side by side . I ought now to mention another of the most im- portant features in the country , the irrigation system , under which so much has been done to increase the food of the people . It should , however , be borne in mind that ...
... side by side . I ought now to mention another of the most im- portant features in the country , the irrigation system , under which so much has been done to increase the food of the people . It should , however , be borne in mind that ...
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... as the Western Ghauts . It falls with great violence on the slopes of the Travancore Hills , and exhausts itself against their valleys and crests , but then C passes over the eastern side in dense masses of clouds MADRAS 33.
... as the Western Ghauts . It falls with great violence on the slopes of the Travancore Hills , and exhausts itself against their valleys and crests , but then C passes over the eastern side in dense masses of clouds MADRAS 33.
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... side , over one mile in length . From there the water falls about 1000 feet down to the plains below , and is carried through miles of distributory channels to the scorched and thirsting lands . It is hoped that even- tually some ...
... side , over one mile in length . From there the water falls about 1000 feet down to the plains below , and is carried through miles of distributory channels to the scorched and thirsting lands . It is hoped that even- tually some ...
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