Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Volume 31Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1863 - Asia |
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Page 194
... inhabitant of bushes . It is common at Thayet Myo ; and higher up , about Yenán - phyoung and Pugan , it far exceeds any other bird in its numbers . Your Lepus peguensis is also , so far as I know , confined to this dry region ; * as ...
... inhabitant of bushes . It is common at Thayet Myo ; and higher up , about Yenán - phyoung and Pugan , it far exceeds any other bird in its numbers . Your Lepus peguensis is also , so far as I know , confined to this dry region ; * as ...
Page 220
... inhabitants , irrigates several paddy - fields . In- dian corn is also largely grown , and in one house I saw it stored in the same peculiar manner as is practised in Sikkim and Nepal , viz . : hung around the top of a post . It is ...
... inhabitants , irrigates several paddy - fields . In- dian corn is also largely grown , and in one house I saw it stored in the same peculiar manner as is practised in Sikkim and Nepal , viz . : hung around the top of a post . It is ...
Page 234
... the most considerable town in Suwát , contains somewhat more than 1,000 houses , which , at the usual computation , gives about 5,000 inhabitants . The people are Afgháns of 234 [ No. 3 , An account of Upper and Lower Suwát .
... the most considerable town in Suwát , contains somewhat more than 1,000 houses , which , at the usual computation , gives about 5,000 inhabitants . The people are Afgháns of 234 [ No. 3 , An account of Upper and Lower Suwát .
Page 235
... inhabitants . The people are Afgháns of the Bá - í - zí branch of the powerful and numerous tribe of the Yúsufzís . About a hundred houses are inhabited by Hindús , Paránchahs , and other traders , who also follow such occupations as ...
... inhabitants . The people are Afgháns of the Bá - í - zí branch of the powerful and numerous tribe of the Yúsufzís . About a hundred houses are inhabited by Hindús , Paránchahs , and other traders , who also follow such occupations as ...
Page 238
... inhabitants of them managed to exist , where they obtained water , what they employed themselves on , and how they managed to go in and out ; for several of the houses are situated every here and there , on the very peaks of hills ; but ...
... inhabitants of them managed to exist , where they obtained water , what they employed themselves on , and how they managed to go in and out ; for several of the houses are situated every here and there , on the very peaks of hills ; but ...
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Afgháns Akhúnd Akyab ancient animal appear Arakan Asiatic Society Babu Bamo Bank of Bengal banks Bengal Bhoja Buddhist Burmá Burmese Calcutta Capt Captain celts chief coins Colonel colour containing Council Dhoon district ditto doubt east edited Elephants Esquire Europe feet figure glacier Government gulf of Siam Gurhwal Gwalior height hills Himalayas Hindu Hon'ble horns India INDICUS inhabitants inscription Journal Kanauj Khán king Krau letter Lower Suwát Major Malayan Martaban Mergui miles Moulmein mountains Museum notice observed Pagán passed Pegu Peshawar present probably proposed provinces Puppá Pushto Rangoon remarks Rhinoceros river road ruins Sanskrit seen side Sikkim skull SONDAICUS species specimens steamers stone Sumátra SUMATRANUS Survey Suwát Tárrnah Tavoy temple Tenasserim tion tope trees two-horned Upper Suwát valley viâ village W. T. Blanford wild word इति तथा