A dictionary, geographical, statistical, and historical, of the various countries, places, and principal natural objects in the world, Volume 1 |
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Page 15
... fertile plains of Jelallabad afford the produce of both torrid and temperate climates . The Dell of Coonnur forms but a bed for the rapid river of Kashkâr , which , tra- versing Kafferistan , here pierces the Himâleh range to join that ...
... fertile plains of Jelallabad afford the produce of both torrid and temperate climates . The Dell of Coonnur forms but a bed for the rapid river of Kashkâr , which , tra- versing Kafferistan , here pierces the Himâleh range to join that ...
Page 16
... fertile glens that pene- not fall in sufficient abundance to bring forward trate the Hindoo - Coosh , are certainly more the crops . Only the richest and most promising densely peopled than the high and bleak pastoral tracts are thus ...
... fertile glens that pene- not fall in sufficient abundance to bring forward trate the Hindoo - Coosh , are certainly more the crops . Only the richest and most promising densely peopled than the high and bleak pastoral tracts are thus ...
Page 22
... fertile valleys and plains are embosomed , is of very moderate height in its eastern and more narrow portion , rising hardly to more than 3000 feet ; but farther west it is higher , and between 50 and 80 W. long , it is reported to be ...
... fertile valleys and plains are embosomed , is of very moderate height in its eastern and more narrow portion , rising hardly to more than 3000 feet ; but farther west it is higher , and between 50 and 80 W. long , it is reported to be ...
Page 45
... fertile ; but cultivation is not much followed , the majority of the rural population being shepherds . Principal agricultural products corn and tobacco . Bees are very plentiful . Ain - Tab was taken and plundered by Timur Bec in 1400 ...
... fertile ; but cultivation is not much followed , the majority of the rural population being shepherds . Principal agricultural products corn and tobacco . Bees are very plentiful . Ain - Tab was taken and plundered by Timur Bec in 1400 ...
Page 47
... fertile , free from jungle , and traversed by several roads . It is the residence of a British commissioner , and is gar- risoned by two companies of Sepoys . ( Pemberton on the E. Frontier of India , p . 87 .; Journal Geog . Society ...
... fertile , free from jungle , and traversed by several roads . It is the residence of a British commissioner , and is gar- risoned by two companies of Sepoys . ( Pemberton on the E. Frontier of India , p . 87 .; Journal Geog . Society ...
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