Ceylon: An Account of the Island Physical, Volume 1Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1859 - Natural history |
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... European fruit - trees . 90 Fruit - trees . Tea - plant - Rhododendron - Miche- lia 90 Rapid disappearance of dead trees in the forests 91 Trees with natural buttresses 91 Jakwood - Del- Teak Cabinet Woods .-- Satin - wood - Ebony ...
... European fruit - trees . 90 Fruit - trees . Tea - plant - Rhododendron - Miche- lia 90 Rapid disappearance of dead trees in the forests 91 Trees with natural buttresses 91 Jakwood - Del- Teak Cabinet Woods .-- Satin - wood - Ebony ...
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... European nations , was at last rendered accessible by the grandest mountain road in India ; and in the north of the island , the ruins of ancient cities , and the stupendous monuments of an early civi- lisation , were discovered in the ...
... European nations , was at last rendered accessible by the grandest mountain road in India ; and in the north of the island , the ruins of ancient cities , and the stupendous monuments of an early civi- lisation , were discovered in the ...
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... European governments , by whom the island had been administered for 300 years before the arrival of the British ; their experience might have served as a guide , and even their failures would have pointed out errors to be avoided ; but ...
... European governments , by whom the island had been administered for 300 years before the arrival of the British ; their experience might have served as a guide , and even their failures would have pointed out errors to be avoided ; but ...
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... Europe , chronicles of their respective governments , which , so far as I am aware , have never been republished in any translation . The present volumes contain no detailed notice of the Buddhist faith as it exists in Ceylon , of the ...
... Europe , chronicles of their respective governments , which , so far as I am aware , have never been republished in any translation . The present volumes contain no detailed notice of the Buddhist faith as it exists in Ceylon , of the ...
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... Europe , recently inured to the sands of Egypt and the scorched headlands of Arabia , is alike entranced by the vision of beauty which expands before him as the island rises from the sea , its lofty mountains covered by luxuriant ...
... Europe , recently inured to the sands of Egypt and the scorched headlands of Arabia , is alike entranced by the vision of beauty which expands before him as the island rises from the sea , its lofty mountains covered by luxuriant ...
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Page 519 - And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither; so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.