| Thomas Maurice - India - 1800 - 356 pages
...and, in the summer, when the / heat * Plin. Nat. Hist. lib. vii. cap. 2. t Tusc. Quasst. lib. v. lieat becomes excessive, they pass their time in moist and marshy places, under large tre^s, which, according to Nearchus, cover a circumference of rive acres, and extend their branches... | |
| William Cowherd - 1818 - 728 pages
...Quetzalcoatl, whose name siguines 211. "In winter these Gymnosophists, enjoy the benefit of the sun's rays in the open air ; and in summer, when the heat becomes excessive, they pass their time in cool and moist places, under large trees ; which, according to the accounts of Nearchus, cover a circumference... | |
| Sir Richard Phillips - Wonder - 1821 - 788 pages
...true picture of the modern Hindoos. " In winter the Gymnosophists enjoy the benefit of the sun's rays in the open air ; and in summer, when the heat becomes excessive, they pass their time in cool and moist places, under large trees ; which according to the accounts of S'earchtis, cover a circumference... | |
| 1836 - 634 pages
...picture of the Modern Hindoos: — " In winter the Gymnosophists enjoy the benefit of the sun's rays in the open air ; and in summer, when the heat becomes excessive, they pass their time in cool and moist places, under large trees ; which, according to the accounts of Nearchus, cover a circumference... | |
| Thomas Dick - Philosophy and religion - 1826 - 414 pages
...the modern Hindoos. ' In winter,' he says, ' the Gymnosophists enjoy the benefit of the sun's rays in the open air ; and in summer, when the heat becomes excessive, they pass their time in cool and moist places, under large trees, which, according to the accounts of Nearchus, cover a circumference... | |
| George Merriam - Readers - 1828 - 292 pages
...of the modern Hindoos. ' In winter,' he says, 'the Gymnosophists enjoy the benefit of the sun's rays in the open air ; and in summer, when the heat becomes excessive, they pass their time in cool and moist places, under large trees, which, according to the accounts of Nearchus, cover a circumference... | |
| James Forbes - India - 1834 - 586 pages
...true picture of the modern Hindoos : " In winter the Gymnosophists enjoy the benefit of the sun's rays in the open air ; and in summer, when the heat becomes excessive, they pass their time in cool and moist places, under large trees ; which, according to the accounts of Nearchus, cover a circumference... | |
| Andrew Thomson - Readers - 1835 - 302 pages
...true picture of the modern Hindoos. " In winter the Gymnosophists enjoy the benefit of the sun's rays in the open air ; and in summer, when the heat becomes excessive, they pass their time in cool and moist places, under large trees ; which, according to the accounts of Nearchus, cover a circumference... | |
| John White - Welsh language - 1835 - 170 pages
...true picture of the modern Hindoos. In winter the Gymnosophists enjoy the benefit of the sun's rays in the open air; and in summer, when the heat becomes excessive, they pass their time in cool and moist places under large trees, which, according to the accounts of Nearchus, cover a surface... | |
| Sir Richard Phillips - Geography - 1838 - 480 pages
...true picture of the modern Hindoos " In winter the Gymnosophists enjoy the benefit of the sun's rays in the open air ; and in summer, when the heat becomes excessive, they pass their time in cool and moist places, under large trees; which. according to the accounts of Nearohus, cover a circumference... | |
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