Ceylon: An Account of the Island Physical, Volume 1Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1859 - Natural history |
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... tion 87 Suria Eastern coast 88 Pitcher plant . - Orchids 88 Vines . 89 Botany of the Mountains . - İron - wood , Bamboo , European fruit - trees . 90 Fruit - trees . Tea - plant - Rhododendron - Miche- lia 90 Rapid disappearance of dead ...
... tion 87 Suria Eastern coast 88 Pitcher plant . - Orchids 88 Vines . 89 Botany of the Mountains . - İron - wood , Bamboo , European fruit - trees . 90 Fruit - trees . Tea - plant - Rhododendron - Miche- lia 90 Rapid disappearance of dead ...
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... tion 221 · Fish in hot - water in Ceylon List of Ceylon fishes . Instances of fishes falling from the clouds Overland migration of fishes known to the Greeks and Romans Note on Ceylon fishes by Professor Huxley . Comparative note by Dr ...
... tion 221 · Fish in hot - water in Ceylon List of Ceylon fishes . Instances of fishes falling from the clouds Overland migration of fishes known to the Greeks and Romans Note on Ceylon fishes by Professor Huxley . Comparative note by Dr ...
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... tion THE INFLUENCES OF BUDDHISM ON CIVI- LISATION . · 336 336 360 B.C. 505. His death and successors A number of petty kingdoms formed 337 Ceylon divided into three districts : Pihiti , Rohuna , and Maya The village system established ...
... tion THE INFLUENCES OF BUDDHISM ON CIVI- LISATION . · 336 336 360 B.C. 505. His death and successors A number of petty kingdoms formed 337 Ceylon divided into three districts : Pihiti , Rohuna , and Maya The village system established ...
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... tion to the Singhalese The first tank constructed B.C. 504 431 Gardens and fruit - trees first planted 432 Value of artificial irrigation in the north of Ceylon In the south of the island the rains sustain cultivation . Singhalese boats ...
... tion to the Singhalese The first tank constructed B.C. 504 431 Gardens and fruit - trees first planted 432 Value of artificial irrigation in the north of Ceylon In the south of the island the rains sustain cultivation . Singhalese boats ...
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... tion of coffee into the previously inaccessible highlands . Changes of equal magnitude contributed to alter the social position of the natives ; domestic slavery was extinguished ; compulsory labour , previously exacted from the free ...
... tion of coffee into the previously inaccessible highlands . Changes of equal magnitude contributed to alter the social position of the natives ; domestic slavery was extinguished ; compulsory labour , previously exacted from the free ...
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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.