The British World in the East: A Guide Historical, Moral, and Commercial, to India, China, Australia, South Africa, and the Other Possessions Or Connexions of Great Britain in the Eastern and Southern Seas, 1. köideW.H. Allen, 1846 - 512 pages |
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... sometimes encountered in a journey of a few miles . The western desert is not merely inhospitable , but in some seasons impassable . It is then a moving sea of sand , the impalpable particles of which float in the heavy at- mosphere ...
... sometimes encountered in a journey of a few miles . The western desert is not merely inhospitable , but in some seasons impassable . It is then a moving sea of sand , the impalpable particles of which float in the heavy at- mosphere ...
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... sometimes six thousand feet above the sea . The consequence of this elevation is , that in a latitude which elsewhere gives excessive heat , there is frost for five or six months in the year ; and in winter and spring a cutting north ...
... sometimes six thousand feet above the sea . The consequence of this elevation is , that in a latitude which elsewhere gives excessive heat , there is frost for five or six months in the year ; and in winter and spring a cutting north ...
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... sometimes , as is the case in Ladakh , attaining the enormous elevation of thirty thousand feet . All , The Thibetan year has three months of hot weather , when the mountains seem to rend with thunder ; three of rain , when the lakes ...
... sometimes , as is the case in Ladakh , attaining the enormous elevation of thirty thousand feet . All , The Thibetan year has three months of hot weather , when the mountains seem to rend with thunder ; three of rain , when the lakes ...
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... sometimes silk , and from eighteen to twenty cubits in length , tied round the middle and hanging to the feet ; and in addition to this , on occasions of ceremony they wear an open shirt or tunic reaching to the knee . The women have a ...
... sometimes silk , and from eighteen to twenty cubits in length , tied round the middle and hanging to the feet ; and in addition to this , on occasions of ceremony they wear an open shirt or tunic reaching to the knee . The women have a ...
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... sometimes ; but the difference is , that in Burmah perfect freedom of choice is guaranteed by the laws . In their general treatment of women , however , the Burmese are far lower in the scale of civilization than the Tartars , from whom ...
... sometimes ; but the difference is , that in Burmah perfect freedom of choice is guaranteed by the laws . In their general treatment of women , however , the Burmese are far lower in the scale of civilization than the Tartars , from whom ...
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