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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... pass - Highest ascents The region of perpetual snow - Trouble with coolies- The Wild Horseman of the Glacier - A snowstorm , 256 272 278 286 295 CHAPTER XXXII . MIDNIGHT THOUGHTS . The scene at midnight xxii CONTENTS .
... pass - Highest ascents The region of perpetual snow - Trouble with coolies- The Wild Horseman of the Glacier - A snowstorm , 256 272 278 286 295 CHAPTER XXXII . MIDNIGHT THOUGHTS . The scene at midnight xxii CONTENTS .
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... wild and mountains more sublime . " Often , of late years , when thinking of again describing new scenes , the lines have recurred to me with painful . force which the dying Magician of the North wrote in pencil by Tweedside : - " How ...
... wild and mountains more sublime . " Often , of late years , when thinking of again describing new scenes , the lines have recurred to me with painful . force which the dying Magician of the North wrote in pencil by Tweedside : - " How ...
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... wild animals of the most unamiable kind . India , indeed , is one of the greatest , the richest , and the most varied of the countries of the world . It pre- sents every variety of climate from the dry and singu- larly bracing cold of ...
... wild animals of the most unamiable kind . India , indeed , is one of the greatest , the richest , and the most varied of the countries of the world . It pre- sents every variety of climate from the dry and singu- larly bracing cold of ...
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... wild beasts , because water is then so scarce that they are certain to be found at the pools which are left by the great drought . Hence it is desirable to spend a portion of the hot season in the wilder parts of Hindústhan , or in the ...
... wild beasts , because water is then so scarce that they are certain to be found at the pools which are left by the great drought . Hence it is desirable to spend a portion of the hot season in the wilder parts of Hindústhan , or in the ...
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... wild elephants has bred in him a due contempt for such road - fellows . This makes Dárjiling not a very easy place to get at , and it has the addi- tional disadvantage of being exceedingly wet and cold during the south - west monsoon ...
... wild elephants has bred in him a due contempt for such road - fellows . This makes Dárjiling not a very easy place to get at , and it has the addi- tional disadvantage of being exceedingly wet and cold during the south - west monsoon ...
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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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