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... Jungle - fowl VI . Gralla . - Ibis , stork , & c . VII . Anseres . - Flamingoes Pelicans Game . - Partridges , & c . Curious fish described by Elian ( note ) 207 Fresh - water fish , little known , - not Fresh - water fish in Colombo ...
... Jungle - fowl VI . Gralla . - Ibis , stork , & c . VII . Anseres . - Flamingoes Pelicans Game . - Partridges , & c . Curious fish described by Elian ( note ) 207 Fresh - water fish , little known , - not Fresh - water fish in Colombo ...
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... jungle , with trees a hundred feet high , from which here and there the branches had to be cleared to ob- tain a sight of the signal stations . The triangulation was carried on amidst privations , discomfort , and pestilence , which ...
... jungle , with trees a hundred feet high , from which here and there the branches had to be cleared to ob- tain a sight of the signal stations . The triangulation was carried on amidst privations , discomfort , and pestilence , which ...
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... jungle , broken only by the long sweep of salt marshes which form lakes in the rainy season , but are dry between the monsoons , and crusted with crystals that glitter like snow in the sunshine . On the western side of the island the ...
... jungle , broken only by the long sweep of salt marshes which form lakes in the rainy season , but are dry between the monsoons , and crusted with crystals that glitter like snow in the sunshine . On the western side of the island the ...
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... jungle fever generally attacks one face of the hills through which it MALABAR COROMANDEL CEYLON CURRENT IN THE N , F. MONS00N . winds , leaving the opposite side en- tirely exempted , as if the poisonous vapour , being carried by the ...
... jungle fever generally attacks one face of the hills through which it MALABAR COROMANDEL CEYLON CURRENT IN THE N , F. MONS00N . winds , leaving the opposite side en- tirely exempted , as if the poisonous vapour , being carried by the ...
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... jungle , and even venture to approach the village wells in search of water.Man equally languishes under the general exhaustion , ordinary exertion becomes distasteful , and the native Singhalese , although inured to the climate , move ...
... jungle , and even venture to approach the village wells in search of water.Man equally languishes under the general exhaustion , ordinary exertion becomes distasteful , and the native Singhalese , although inured to the climate , move ...
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Ceylon: An Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical James Emerson Tennent No preview available - 2019 |
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