The Gardens of the Sun; Or, A Naturalist's Journal on the Mountains and in the Forests and Swamps of Borneo and the Sulu ArchipelagoJ. Murray, 1880 - 364 Seiten |
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... common , their earth - works rivalling those of the termites ; and the edible nest - making swallow works in its dark cave dwellings to satisfy the epicurean tastes of those Eastern aldermen , the mandarins of the Celestial Empire . One ...
... common , their earth - works rivalling those of the termites ; and the edible nest - making swallow works in its dark cave dwellings to satisfy the epicurean tastes of those Eastern aldermen , the mandarins of the Celestial Empire . One ...
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... common to hothouses at home , here grow in the open air , with no other protection than that afforded by a belt of tall reeds . Nothing is produced here , even the necessary fruits and culinary vegetables being brought from Malta , or ...
... common to hothouses at home , here grow in the open air , with no other protection than that afforded by a belt of tall reeds . Nothing is produced here , even the necessary fruits and culinary vegetables being brought from Malta , or ...
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... common . At last , bang ! bang !! bang !!! goes the gong , and breakfast is ready exactly at 9 A.M. There is no ceremony . A little regiment , an awkward squad rather , of Chinese " boys " hand the dishes in turn . As a rule ...
... common . At last , bang ! bang !! bang !!! goes the gong , and breakfast is ready exactly at 9 A.M. There is no ceremony . A little regiment , an awkward squad rather , of Chinese " boys " hand the dishes in turn . As a rule ...
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... common brake - fern at home . One of the most singular of native plants , however , is that known as Amorphophallus campanulatus , a relative of the " Lords and Ladies " of our English woods ; but this tropical species is of Titanic ...
... common brake - fern at home . One of the most singular of native plants , however , is that known as Amorphophallus campanulatus , a relative of the " Lords and Ladies " of our English woods ; but this tropical species is of Titanic ...
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... common at home , are here supplanted by a neatly made " Tänd- stickor , " ten little boxes of which are made up into a packet , which sells for as low as six cents , although ten cents is always asked of strangers . In many Chinese and ...
... common at home , are here supplanted by a neatly made " Tänd- stickor , " ten little boxes of which are made up into a packet , which sells for as low as six cents , although ten cents is always asked of strangers . In many Chinese and ...
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Asplenium Baker bamboo bananas beautiful birds boat Bornean Borneo brought Brunei buffalo Burbidge Chinese cloth clusters coast cocoa-nut colour common cooking cool cultivated dark delicious dinner durian Dusun edible epiphytal European Everett feet ferns fire fish flavour flowers forest fowl fresh fruit gardens green hill Hook Indra island Jahore journey jungle Kadyans kaladi Kiau Kina Balu Koung Kurow Labuan land langsat leaves luxuriant Malays mango mangosteen Meimbong miles morning mountain Muruts native nearly Nepenthes NEPENTHES BICALCARATA night o'clock obtained orange orchids palm Pitcher Plant pitchers plants plentiful Polypodium pomoloes ponies pretty pulp rain rambutan rattan reached rice river rocks Sandakan Sarawak sarong seeds seen Selaginella Singapore soon species specimens stream Sultan Sulu Sulu Archipelago sweet Tampassuk tobacco trading traveller trees tribes Trichomanes tropical tuan variety vegetation Veitch village walk wild women yellow
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