Notes from a Diary, Kept Chiefly in Southern India, 1881-1886, Том 1J. Murray, 1899 |
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... gardens of St. Antonio , full of the trees and shrubs of the Campagne des Fleurs , and famous for their blood oranges , gave me some notion of the island , hideous with stone barns and stone enclosures . St. Paul's Bay , which we 1881 ...
... gardens of St. Antonio , full of the trees and shrubs of the Campagne des Fleurs , and famous for their blood oranges , gave me some notion of the island , hideous with stone barns and stone enclosures . St. Paul's Bay , which we 1881 ...
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... gardens charm- ingly illuminated ; and on the 2nd , we went , in some four or five hours , to Gunesh Khind , near the battle- field of Kirkee , where there was a not less brilliant festival . The Sirdars of the Deccan gathered in some ...
... gardens charm- ingly illuminated ; and on the 2nd , we went , in some four or five hours , to Gunesh Khind , near the battle- field of Kirkee , where there was a not less brilliant festival . The Sirdars of the Deccan gathered in some ...
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... , before the sun had got hot , in the Park of Government House , in the Agri - Horticultural Gardens or elsewhere , and , ere long , had added pretty largely to the list of tropical plants , which had passed for me out of.
... , before the sun had got hot , in the Park of Government House , in the Agri - Horticultural Gardens or elsewhere , and , ere long , had added pretty largely to the list of tropical plants , which had passed for me out of.
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... Garden at Calcutta : " One of the leaves slightly touched the first three fingers of my left hand ; at the time I only perceived a slight pricking , to which I paid no attention . This was at seven in the morning . The pain continued to ...
... Garden at Calcutta : " One of the leaves slightly touched the first three fingers of my left hand ; at the time I only perceived a slight pricking , to which I paid no attention . This was at seven in the morning . The pain continued to ...
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... Garden . This man described the sensation , when water was applied to the stung part , to be as if boiling oil was poured over him . ' " In cutting boundary lines , exploring forests , botanising , etc. , I have been very often stung by ...
... Garden . This man described the sensation , when water was applied to the stung part , to be as if boiling oil was poured over him . ' " In cutting boundary lines , exploring forests , botanising , etc. , I have been very often stung by ...
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