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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... taken from photographs of Messrs Shepherd & Bourne of Calcutta and Simla , who sent up an expe- dition into Spiti , and have provided the public with many admirable photographs of Himalayan scenery , all , or most of which , are ...
... taken from photographs of Messrs Shepherd & Bourne of Calcutta and Simla , who sent up an expe- dition into Spiti , and have provided the public with many admirable photographs of Himalayan scenery , all , or most of which , are ...
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... taken to prevent such scenes as occurred in 1819 , when , at the auspicious hour for bathing , 430 persons were crushed to death , including some of the British sepoys who were placed to preserve order . So careful even are the sanitary ...
... taken to prevent such scenes as occurred in 1819 , when , at the auspicious hour for bathing , 430 persons were crushed to death , including some of the British sepoys who were placed to preserve order . So careful even are the sanitary ...
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... taken of his mouth being sealed , and of his having wisely refused to prohibit the export of rice , to criticise and assail him . Whether intentionally or not , an impres- sion was created that the Viceroy did not see the magnitude of ...
... taken of his mouth being sealed , and of his having wisely refused to prohibit the export of rice , to criticise and assail him . Whether intentionally or not , an impres- sion was created that the Viceroy did not see the magnitude of ...
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... taken by Government , the mortality would have been very great . But I am convinced that it is equally true that had Government action been of a nature to check private trade to any extent , the result would also have been calamitous ...
... taken by Government , the mortality would have been very great . But I am convinced that it is equally true that had Government action been of a nature to check private trade to any extent , the result would also have been calamitous ...
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... taken with much qualifi- cation , for the concealed or hoarded treasure of India must be something enormous ; but in so far as India is a poor country , how and why is it poor ? It is poor , not from any sterility of its soil or ...
... taken with much qualifi- cation , for the concealed or hoarded treasure of India must be something enormous ; but in so far as India is a poor country , how and why is it poor ? It is poor , not from any sterility of its soil or ...
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The Abode of Snow: Observations on a Journey from Chinese Tibet to the ... Andrew Wilson Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1875 |
The Abode of Snow: Observations on a Journey from Chinese Tibet to the ... Andrew Wilson Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1875 |
The Abode of Snow: Observations on a Journey from Chinese Tibet to the ... Andrew Wilson Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1875 |
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