A Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical, of the Various Countries, Places, and Principal Natural Objects in the World, Volume 1 |
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... cultivated . Among the valleys opening westward , those of Shawl , Burshore , Pisheen , Yessoon , Saleh , Urgh- essan , Guashtâ , are described as interspersed with well cultivated spots , but as more generally suited to pasturage than ...
... cultivated . Among the valleys opening westward , those of Shawl , Burshore , Pisheen , Yessoon , Saleh , Urgh- essan , Guashtâ , are described as interspersed with well cultivated spots , but as more generally suited to pasturage than ...
Page 20
... cultivated as their said , remarkable for their love of peace . The own . As tenants or servants , they are mild , Vizeerees are divided into a fixed and erratic sober , peaceable , and industrious , and live on population . The long ...
... cultivated as their said , remarkable for their love of peace . The own . As tenants or servants , they are mild , Vizeerees are divided into a fixed and erratic sober , peaceable , and industrious , and live on population . The long ...
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... cultivate most of the common corns , as wheat , barley , and millit . They also work , with some skill , articles of ... cultivated the most valuable plants , smelted the useful and precious metals , and erected architectural monuments ...
... cultivate most of the common corns , as wheat , barley , and millit . They also work , with some skill , articles of ... cultivated the most valuable plants , smelted the useful and precious metals , and erected architectural monuments ...
Page 42
... cultivated for the manufacture of sugar . Cotton is cultivated to a very considerable extent , and indigo is produced more extensively in this province than in any other part of Upper India . It was , indeed , from hence that the drug ...
... cultivated for the manufacture of sugar . Cotton is cultivated to a very considerable extent , and indigo is produced more extensively in this province than in any other part of Upper India . It was , indeed , from hence that the drug ...
Page 58
... cultivated with much advantage ; the grapes ripen by the end of July , and are eaten both fresh and dry by the natives , who seldom make wine ; though this , no doubt , will be at- tempted , and most likely with success , by the French ...
... cultivated with much advantage ; the grapes ripen by the end of July , and are eaten both fresh and dry by the natives , who seldom make wine ; though this , no doubt , will be at- tempted , and most likely with success , by the French ...
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