Notes extracted from a private journal written during a tour through a part of Malabar and among the NeilgherriesAmerican Mission Press, 1834 - 138 pages |
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... known to all nautical men by the appellation of the " Por- tuguese man - of - war . " This extraordinary worm appears to be possessed of the skill of a most ex- perienced and cautious navigator , and is in fact a little ship of itself ...
... known to all nautical men by the appellation of the " Por- tuguese man - of - war . " This extraordinary worm appears to be possessed of the skill of a most ex- perienced and cautious navigator , and is in fact a little ship of itself ...
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... known to attain a diame- ter of eight feet . Its geographical distribution is comparative- ly limited ; Southern India , and the Island of Java being its fa- vourite habitations . Teak wood is much stronger , and far more buoyant , than ...
... known to attain a diame- ter of eight feet . Its geographical distribution is comparative- ly limited ; Southern India , and the Island of Java being its fa- vourite habitations . Teak wood is much stronger , and far more buoyant , than ...
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... known to spring thirty inches in one week . In this part of India , these gigantic grasses flower in such abundance , that the seed mixed with wild honey is an article of food in some parts of the Mysore country . They have been found ...
... known to spring thirty inches in one week . In this part of India , these gigantic grasses flower in such abundance , that the seed mixed with wild honey is an article of food in some parts of the Mysore country . They have been found ...
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... known to me , but among the indigenous productions of the forest were the Copal tree , ( Elæocarpus Co- palliferus ) the Cardamom tree , ( Elitharia Carda- momum ) the wild cinnamon , ( Laurus Cassia ) the Tamarisk ( at Manontoddy ) ...
... known to me , but among the indigenous productions of the forest were the Copal tree , ( Elæocarpus Co- palliferus ) the Cardamom tree , ( Elitharia Carda- momum ) the wild cinnamon , ( Laurus Cassia ) the Tamarisk ( at Manontoddy ) ...
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... known to all the students in physical science , and sufficiently demonstrate that great elevations are liable to prove most injurious to almost every complaint arising from pulmonary irritation . Since our arrival here , the mean range ...
... known to all the students in physical science , and sufficiently demonstrate that great elevations are liable to prove most injurious to almost every complaint arising from pulmonary irritation . Since our arrival here , the mean range ...
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