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Page 27
... native fruits are excellent and abundant in the season ; that is , from November till the end of February , the finest oranges in India may be had for about one thousand for a rupee . The pine - apple plant , which produces the hemp ...
... native fruits are excellent and abundant in the season ; that is , from November till the end of February , the finest oranges in India may be had for about one thousand for a rupee . The pine - apple plant , which produces the hemp ...
Page 28
... natives . The specimen now for- warded is the produce of such culture . It is used by the natives in their ordinary food , and is sold in the bazar of every village ; but I have not been able to find that it is ever exported . There can ...
... natives . The specimen now for- warded is the produce of such culture . It is used by the natives in their ordinary food , and is sold in the bazar of every village ; but I have not been able to find that it is ever exported . There can ...
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... natives ' account , that four baskets filled with this saline collection weigh about two maunds of forty seers each ( 160 lbs . ) , or forty lbs . each basketful ; also , that half aseer ( one lb. ) of salt was extracted from a maund ...
... natives ' account , that four baskets filled with this saline collection weigh about two maunds of forty seers each ( 160 lbs . ) , or forty lbs . each basketful ; also , that half aseer ( one lb. ) of salt was extracted from a maund ...
Page 36
... native's account agrees extraordi- narily well with this calculation , for he said that half a seer of salt was extracted from a maund weight , or eighty lbs . of sand , as before noticed ; thereby differing only three lbs . from this ...
... native's account agrees extraordi- narily well with this calculation , for he said that half a seer of salt was extracted from a maund weight , or eighty lbs . of sand , as before noticed ; thereby differing only three lbs . from this ...
Page 38
... natives term the brine ) is poured over , till the dung is saturated . The evaporation goes on , and when the mixture is sufficiently dry , the saturated dung is collected into a large heap , in order to be burned , or calcined , in the ...
... natives term the brine ) is poured over , till the dung is saturated . The evaporation goes on , and when the mixture is sufficiently dry , the saturated dung is collected into a large heap , in order to be burned , or calcined , in the ...
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abundant Allahabad ancient Angoching animal APOLLODOTUS appears Asiatic Society B. H. HODGSON Bactrian bank Benares boats body whorl Capt character Chirra clay clear climate collected colour copper coins crops distance Ditto dynasty eight elephant Engrs EUCRATIDES feet figure four Greek heat Herat hills inches India inscription iron Journal jungle Kabul kankar Kasyas king Kubo language Legend Greek Legend Pehlevi letters Lieut limestone M. A. S. Calcutta maunds mean MENANDER mica miles month mountains native nearly Népál Ningthee nuddee nullah Nysæan observed Obverse Persian plains plants plate possession present princes quartz racter rain Raja range remarkable Reverse river road rock Royal Asiatic Society rupees salt SAMUDRAGUPTA sand sandstone Sanscrit schist season SHAKYA shells shew Siah Posh side soil species specimens stone surface temperature thermometer tion trees valley vegetation village Virginis whole whorls