Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 309William Blackwood, 1971 |
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Page 18
... Garhwali youth , leaving his native hills and travelling for the first time to a great city , the journey is truly an adventure , a tilt at an unknown windmill . For me , both are significant : the lighted compartment , with its farm ...
... Garhwali youth , leaving his native hills and travelling for the first time to a great city , the journey is truly an adventure , a tilt at an unknown windmill . For me , both are significant : the lighted compartment , with its farm ...
Page 98
... Garhwali cultivators are poor ; some are very poor . " You have beautiful scenery , " I observed , after crossing the first range of hills . " Yes , " said my friend , " but we cannot eat the scenery . ” And yet these are cheerful ...
... Garhwali cultivators are poor ; some are very poor . " You have beautiful scenery , " I observed , after crossing the first range of hills . " Yes , " said my friend , " but we cannot eat the scenery . ” And yet these are cheerful ...
Page 103
... Garhwali folk - song : ' Oh , mountain - swift , you are from my father's home ; Speak , oh speak , in the courtyard of my parents , My mother will hear you ; She will send my brother to fetch me . A grain of rice alone in the cooking ...
... Garhwali folk - song : ' Oh , mountain - swift , you are from my father's home ; Speak , oh speak , in the courtyard of my parents , My mother will hear you ; She will send my brother to fetch me . A grain of rice alone in the cooking ...
Contents
Valley of the Shadow Anthony French | 1 |
Indian Sketches | 13 |
Western Ocean L W J Fifield | 24 |
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