The Calcutta Review, Zväzok 18University of Calcutta., 1852 |
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Strana iv
... Hills North_of Catchee , under Major Billamore , in 1839-40 . By one of his surviving Subalterne . London . and Co. 1852 .: Allen 4. Third Report of the Students . Literary and Scientific Society . Bombay . 1859 . 5. Notes on the North ...
... Hills North_of Catchee , under Major Billamore , in 1839-40 . By one of his surviving Subalterne . London . and Co. 1852 .: Allen 4. Third Report of the Students . Literary and Scientific Society . Bombay . 1859 . 5. Notes on the North ...
Strana 68
... hill , a necessary appendage to every Bengali house in the country . A broken handy of earthen - ware , its bot- tom blackened by the soot of many a month , and daubed white with lime , and interspersed with a few strokes of turmeric ...
... hill , a necessary appendage to every Bengali house in the country . A broken handy of earthen - ware , its bot- tom blackened by the soot of many a month , and daubed white with lime , and interspersed with a few strokes of turmeric ...
Strana 75
... hills , has vanished altogether soon after it has entered the plains . The waters find their way below the boulder deposit , and at its southern limit , where it has thinned out into the alluvial plain , they begin again to appear in ...
... hills , has vanished altogether soon after it has entered the plains . The waters find their way below the boulder deposit , and at its southern limit , where it has thinned out into the alluvial plain , they begin again to appear in ...
Strana 76
... hills , of which we shall speak presently , is almost devoid of human habitations ; -a necessary consequence of the want of water , but one which may hereafter be removed by the plans of scientific irrigation , which are now beginning ...
... hills , of which we shall speak presently , is almost devoid of human habitations ; -a necessary consequence of the want of water , but one which may hereafter be removed by the plans of scientific irrigation , which are now beginning ...
Strana 77
... hills . In this way a very considerable quantity of land has been brought under most profitable cultivation ; but owing to the unskilful manner in which the water - courses are constructed , not half the available water has been ...
... hills . In this way a very considerable quantity of land has been brought under most profitable cultivation ; but owing to the unskilful manner in which the water - courses are constructed , not half the available water has been ...
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