The Abode of Snow: Observations on a Journey from Chinese Tibet to the Indian Caucasus, Through the Upper Valleys of the HimálayaBlackwood, 1875 - 475 էջ |
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... side , which sparkled like silver in the moonlight , reflected so white a radiance as almost to illumine the shadow of the opposite cliffs ; but the stream itself lay in deeper shadow , with here and there shafts of dazzling light ...
... side , which sparkled like silver in the moonlight , reflected so white a radiance as almost to illumine the shadow of the opposite cliffs ; but the stream itself lay in deeper shadow , with here and there shafts of dazzling light ...
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... side of the former river , and all the way from the Ganges to the Brahmapútra , constituting , I sup- pose , the longest as well as the deadliest strip of jungle- forest in the world . The greater cold in winter in this north - western ...
... side of the former river , and all the way from the Ganges to the Brahmapútra , constituting , I sup- pose , the longest as well as the deadliest strip of jungle- forest in the world . The greater cold in winter in this north - western ...
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... sides , and is about seventy miles in length , and nearly twenty in breadth . It is sometimes spoken of , by enthusiasts for colonisa- tion in India , as if the whole Anglo - Saxon race might find room to establish themselves there ...
... sides , and is about seventy miles in length , and nearly twenty in breadth . It is sometimes spoken of , by enthusiasts for colonisa- tion in India , as if the whole Anglo - Saxon race might find room to establish themselves there ...
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... side by side with fields of the tea - shrub . me . In one plantation which I examined particularly , the whole process of preparing the tea was shown to It was under the superintendence of a Celestial , and the process did not differ ...
... side by side with fields of the tea - shrub . me . In one plantation which I examined particularly , the whole process of preparing the tea was shown to It was under the superintendence of a Celestial , and the process did not differ ...
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... , Jumna and Ganges , may be said to take their rise respectively . These journeys involve tent - life , and the usual concomitants of Himálayan travel , but they are well worth making ; for the southern side of 42 THE ABODE OF SNOW .
... , Jumna and Ganges , may be said to take their rise respectively . These journeys involve tent - life , and the usual concomitants of Himálayan travel , but they are well worth making ; for the southern side of 42 THE ABODE OF SNOW .
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The Abode of Snow: Observations on a Journey from Chinese Tibet to the ... Andrew Wilson Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1875 |
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The Abode of Snow: Observations on a Journey from Chinese Tibet to the ... Andrew Wilson Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1875 |
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