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Page 27
... tiger's head . The top of the hill contains eight square miles of table - land . Fifteen years ago , under Lord Elphinstone's Government , the road from Narel was constructed , and Matharan for the. LETTER III . 27 MATHARAN .
... tiger's head . The top of the hill contains eight square miles of table - land . Fifteen years ago , under Lord Elphinstone's Government , the road from Narel was constructed , and Matharan for the. LETTER III . 27 MATHARAN .
Page 39
... square miles in extent , and having the reputation of being a nest of smugglers . Landing at Calicut on Christmas - day , the boat , cut out of a single teak stem , and large enough to accommodate a dozen passengers , rowed by two ...
... square miles in extent , and having the reputation of being a nest of smugglers . Landing at Calicut on Christmas - day , the boat , cut out of a single teak stem , and large enough to accommodate a dozen passengers , rowed by two ...
Page 60
... square at the base , support the walls , which are four feet thick . The nave , a hundred and forty - two feet long , fifty - one broad , and , to the angle in the strongly - braced roof above , fifty high , is airy , bright , and ...
... square at the base , support the walls , which are four feet thick . The nave , a hundred and forty - two feet long , fifty - one broad , and , to the angle in the strongly - braced roof above , fifty high , is airy , bright , and ...
Page 61
... square , carpeted with green sward and surrounded by trees , at a short distance is the cemetery , but it contains no mementoes of the past ; the once white tombs had become black , and their epitaphs were undecipherable . Thence , in ...
... square , carpeted with green sward and surrounded by trees , at a short distance is the cemetery , but it contains no mementoes of the past ; the once white tombs had become black , and their epitaphs were undecipherable . Thence , in ...
Page 91
... square miles , forms the portion of Calcutta which is under a special municipality . But the city has long since , as in London , out- grown this nucleus , so that , including the suburban municipality and Howrah , the nightly ...
... square miles , forms the portion of Calcutta which is under a special municipality . But the city has long since , as in London , out- grown this nucleus , so that , including the suburban municipality and Howrah , the nightly ...
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