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Page vi
... Woods .-- Satin - wood - Ebony Pitcher plant . - Orchids 88 Vines . 89 Botany of the Mountains . - Iron - wood , Bamboo , European fruit - trees . 90 Fruit - trees Tea - plant - Rhododendron - Miche lia 90 Rapid disappearance of dead ...
... Woods .-- Satin - wood - Ebony Pitcher plant . - Orchids 88 Vines . 89 Botany of the Mountains . - Iron - wood , Bamboo , European fruit - trees . 90 Fruit - trees Tea - plant - Rhododendron - Miche lia 90 Rapid disappearance of dead ...
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... Wood - carrying Moths Mus . 231 Pterophorus VII . Homoptera Cicada 235 • 244 245 245 245 Spiders 246 Corals little known 246 295 • Mygale fasciata 295 . CHAP . VI . Ticks 296 Mites . - Trombidium tinctorum 297 . INSECTS . Myriapods ...
... Wood - carrying Moths Mus . 231 Pterophorus VII . Homoptera Cicada 235 • 244 245 245 245 Spiders 246 Corals little known 246 295 • Mygale fasciata 295 . CHAP . VI . Ticks 296 Mites . - Trombidium tinctorum 297 . INSECTS . Myriapods ...
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... Wood carving . 454 Chemical Arts - Sugar 455 Mineral paints . 455 Tom - toms , their variety and anti- quity Singhalese gamut . Painting . - Imagination discouraged . 472 Similarity of Singhalese to Egyptian art 472 Rigid rules for ...
... Wood carving . 454 Chemical Arts - Sugar 455 Mineral paints . 455 Tom - toms , their variety and anti- quity Singhalese gamut . Painting . - Imagination discouraged . 472 Similarity of Singhalese to Egyptian art 472 Rigid rules for ...
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... WOOD ENGRAVINGS . 211 . 509 Fig - tree on the Ruins of Pollanarrua The " Snake - tree " The Loris . • The Uropeltis grandis A Chironectes Marriage of the Fig - tree and the Palm By MR . A. NICHOLL 96 Method of Fishing in Pools Cermatia ...
... WOOD ENGRAVINGS . 211 . 509 Fig - tree on the Ruins of Pollanarrua The " Snake - tree " The Loris . • The Uropeltis grandis A Chironectes Marriage of the Fig - tree and the Palm By MR . A. NICHOLL 96 Method of Fishing in Pools Cermatia ...
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... of its instincts and functions when wild in 1 See Vol . I. Part II . ch . iii . p . 199 . 2 See Vol . II . Part VII . ch . i . p . 116 . its native woods . Opportunities for observing the latter , xxxiv INTRODUCTION .
... of its instincts and functions when wild in 1 See Vol . I. Part II . ch . iii . p . 199 . 2 See Vol . II . Part VII . ch . i . p . 116 . its native woods . Opportunities for observing the latter , xxxiv INTRODUCTION .
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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.