The Abode of Snow: Observations on a Tour from Chinese Tibet to the Indian Caucasus, Through the Upper Valleys of the HimalaysG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1875 - 380 էջ |
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Արդյունքներ 9–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... deodar - tree , I promise him he will find no enemy but winter and rough weather , and perhaps we may discourse not altogether unprofitably under the shadow of those lofty snowy peaks , which still continue " By the flight Of sad ...
... deodar - tree , I promise him he will find no enemy but winter and rough weather , and perhaps we may discourse not altogether unprofitably under the shadow of those lofty snowy peaks , which still continue " By the flight Of sad ...
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... deodar and other trees of the Simla ridge , and , except from the extreme end of the settlement , it has no view of the Snowy Mountains , though it affords a splendid outlook over the Dehra Doon , the Sewaliks , and the Indian plains ...
... deodar and other trees of the Simla ridge , and , except from the extreme end of the settlement , it has no view of the Snowy Mountains , though it affords a splendid outlook over the Dehra Doon , the Sewaliks , and the Indian plains ...
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... deodar ; no thick jungle , like that of the Terai ; no smiling valleys , such as the Dehra Doon . We have only the ascending of steep bare mountain - sides , in order to go down them on the other side , or to wind along bare mountain ...
... deodar ; no thick jungle , like that of the Terai ; no smiling valleys , such as the Dehra Doon . We have only the ascending of steep bare mountain - sides , in order to go down them on the other side , or to wind along bare mountain ...
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... deodar , there shines the long white line of eternal snow upon the giant mountains of Chamba , Kúlú , and Spiti . It was a matter of life or death for me to reach those snowy solitudes , and I found the words of Mignon's song in ...
... deodar , there shines the long white line of eternal snow upon the giant mountains of Chamba , Kúlú , and Spiti . It was a matter of life or death for me to reach those snowy solitudes , and I found the words of Mignon's song in ...
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... deodar , till it descends again to the Sutlej , crosses that river at Wangtú Bridge , and ascends to Oorni . Lastly , it runs from Oorni to Pan- gay , at a height of nearly 9000 feet , on the right bank of the Sutlej , and sheltered ...
... deodar , till it descends again to the Sutlej , crosses that river at Wangtú Bridge , and ascends to Oorni . Lastly , it runs from Oorni to Pan- gay , at a height of nearly 9000 feet , on the right bank of the Sutlej , and sheltered ...
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The Abode of Snow: Observations on a Tour from Chinese Tibet to the Indian ... Andrew Wilson Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1886 |
The Abode of Snow: Observations on a Journey from Chinese Tibet to the ... Andrew Wilson Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1876 |
The Abode of Snow: Observations on a Journey from Chinese Tibet to the ... Andrew Wilson Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1876 |
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afford Afghan allow appearance beautiful bigarries Bombay bridge Bussahir camp carried Chinese Tibet Chota Khan cold coolies cross Dárjiling dark day's journey deodar descend elevated English European feet high glacier gorge Government granite ground height hills Himáliya Hindú Kúsh Hindústhan horse houses human immense India Indus jhúla Kafiristan Kailas Kashmir kind Kotgarh Kunáwar Kúng-ma Lahaul lake Lama Lassa Lío Porgyúl look Lord Lord Northbrook Masúri matter means miles Moravian morning mountains Nako Namgea Narbada native nearly névé night officers Pagell Pangay Panjáb pass path plains polyandry ponies precipices province range reach religion river road rock rope route scene season servants Shipki side Simla slopes snow snowy peaks Spiti Spiti pony Srinagar steep stones stream summit Súrú Sutlej valley Tartar tent Terai Tibetan Tibetan language Tibetan mastiffs tion traveller trees village wild wind yaks Yarkund Zanskar