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... cultivation 365 And to the construction of enormous tanks 365 CHAP . IV . THE BUDDHIST MONUMENTS . Buddhist architecture introduced in Tanks conferred on the temples 365 The great tank of Minery formed , A.D. 272 . • 365 Ceylon • 344 ...
... cultivation 365 And to the construction of enormous tanks 365 CHAP . IV . THE BUDDHIST MONUMENTS . Buddhist architecture introduced in Tanks conferred on the temples 365 The great tank of Minery formed , A.D. 272 . • 365 Ceylon • 344 ...
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... cultivation 432 All sewn together and without iron Romance of the " Loadstone Island The legend believed by Greeks and the Chinese 442 • 443 443 Page Vessels with two prows mentioned by Forests , their THE FIRST VOLUME . i.
... cultivation 432 All sewn together and without iron Romance of the " Loadstone Island The legend believed by Greeks and the Chinese 442 • 443 443 Page Vessels with two prows mentioned by Forests , their THE FIRST VOLUME . i.
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... cultivation CHAP . IV . MANUFACTURES . Silk not produced in Ceylon 450 Coir and cordage 450 Dress ; unshaped robes 450 Manual and Mechanical Arts - Weav- ing . 451 Priest's robes spun , woven , and dyed in a day . 452 • Peculiar mode of ...
... cultivation CHAP . IV . MANUFACTURES . Silk not produced in Ceylon 450 Coir and cordage 450 Dress ; unshaped robes 450 Manual and Mechanical Arts - Weav- ing . 451 Priest's robes spun , woven , and dyed in a day . 452 • Peculiar mode of ...
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... cultivated during a residence of nearly twelve years in Ceylon , and his intimate familiarity with its zoology and productions , rendered his co - operation in- valuable ; —and these sections abound with evidences of the liberal extent ...
... cultivated during a residence of nearly twelve years in Ceylon , and his intimate familiarity with its zoology and productions , rendered his co - operation in- valuable ; —and these sections abound with evidences of the liberal extent ...
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... cultivate with signal success his taste for botanical pursuits . And I have been permitted to submit the portion of my work which refers to this subject to the revision of the highest living authority on Indian botany , Dr. J. D. HOOKER ...
... cultivate with signal success his taste for botanical pursuits . And I have been permitted to submit the portion of my work which refers to this subject to the revision of the highest living authority on Indian botany , Dr. J. D. HOOKER ...
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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.