The Mishmee hills, an account of an attempt to penetrate Thibet from Assam1873 |
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... clear the motive of the travels described in these pages , I may recall the fact that , at the end of six months , after passing safely through the Empire of China , from east to west , traversing the almost impass- B able snowy ranges ...
... clear the motive of the travels described in these pages , I may recall the fact that , at the end of six months , after passing safely through the Empire of China , from east to west , traversing the almost impass- B able snowy ranges ...
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... clear away , and we could see the Europeans calmly at work about the decks ; shortly the smoke died away altogether . Then a cheer rang out from the plucky men who had saved our ship from the flames , and the captain hailed us from the ...
... clear away , and we could see the Europeans calmly at work about the decks ; shortly the smoke died away altogether . Then a cheer rang out from the plucky men who had saved our ship from the flames , and the captain hailed us from the ...
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... clearly traced in the tall grass shaking as he bounded through it . Another shot from our host's rifle seemed to quicken the noble brute's pace , and he dashed into the nullah within fifteen yards of me . The very high grass of the ...
... clearly traced in the tall grass shaking as he bounded through it . Another shot from our host's rifle seemed to quicken the noble brute's pace , and he dashed into the nullah within fifteen yards of me . The very high grass of the ...
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... clear them . A large snake , how- ever , was coiled round them , which none of the crew would venture to disturb , so that the captain was obliged to shoot it . Often in the mornings the drift - wood congregated round.
... clear them . A large snake , how- ever , was coiled round them , which none of the crew would venture to disturb , so that the captain was obliged to shoot it . Often in the mornings the drift - wood congregated round.
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... great river , towards the clear inland streams , they feed very greedily , and take the fly most ravenously . In the summer months , during the floods , but few are found Bosser - fishing . 99 far from the Bramapootra , 98 The Assamese .
... great river , towards the clear inland streams , they feed very greedily , and take the fly most ravenously . In the summer months , during the floods , but few are found Bosser - fishing . 99 far from the Bramapootra , 98 The Assamese .
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