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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... fires - Sandakan - Good water supply - Insects and birds - How an alligator was uti- lised - A boat excursion - Visit to the shore - A Chinese trader -Chinese hospitality - Slavery - A walk by the river - Manilla hemp - Native tombs ...
... fires - Sandakan - Good water supply - Insects and birds - How an alligator was uti- lised - A boat excursion - Visit to the shore - A Chinese trader -Chinese hospitality - Slavery - A walk by the river - Manilla hemp - Native tombs ...
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... fire ( 5 A.M. ) . It is daylight about 6 A.M .; and after partaking of a cup of tea or coffee , and the inevitable two bits of toast , you have a walk . Every- body nearly seems astir . While dressing , the chances are you will hear a ...
... fire ( 5 A.M. ) . It is daylight about 6 A.M .; and after partaking of a cup of tea or coffee , and the inevitable two bits of toast , you have a walk . Every- body nearly seems astir . While dressing , the chances are you will hear a ...
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... fire . Gleichenia dichotoma clothes some of the hill - sides here as freely as the common brake - fern at home . One of the most singular of native plants , however , is that known as Amorphophallus campanulatus , a relative of the ...
... fire . Gleichenia dichotoma clothes some of the hill - sides here as freely as the common brake - fern at home . One of the most singular of native plants , however , is that known as Amorphophallus campanulatus , a relative of the ...
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... resembles the " teponaztli , " an instru- ment still in use by the Indians in the Cordilleras of Mexico , the deep thudding sound of which may be heard a distance of several miles . stations . Fires are not at all uncommon , and.
... resembles the " teponaztli , " an instru- ment still in use by the Indians in the Cordilleras of Mexico , the deep thudding sound of which may be heard a distance of several miles . stations . Fires are not at all uncommon , and.
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Frederick William Burbidge. stations . Fires are not at all uncommon , and then you are roused out of a sound sleep by a couple of shots from the signal battery , which shake the whole place . As you lean from your window enjoying just ...
Frederick William Burbidge. stations . Fires are not at all uncommon , and then you are roused out of a sound sleep by a couple of shots from the signal battery , which shake the whole place . As you lean from your window enjoying just ...
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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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