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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... obtained in such a tropical land is of course inimical to any great exertion or progress on the part of the natives . That most generous of all food - giving plants , the Banana , is everywhere naturalised in Borneo up to an altitude of ...
... obtained in such a tropical land is of course inimical to any great exertion or progress on the part of the natives . That most generous of all food - giving plants , the Banana , is everywhere naturalised in Borneo up to an altitude of ...
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... obtained glimpses of the snow - peaked Sierra Nevada mountains standing out clear and cool against the blue sky . It was about the middle of June , and very hot during the day time , but chilly at night . The sea is of the most emphatic ...
... obtained glimpses of the snow - peaked Sierra Nevada mountains standing out clear and cool against the blue sky . It was about the middle of June , and very hot during the day time , but chilly at night . The sea is of the most emphatic ...
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... obtained at a very slight advance on home prices , as these petty traders watch the sales of old ships ' stores very closely , and are thus enabled to purchase very cheaply . The Chinese compete with all comers in cheap labour ; and ...
... obtained at a very slight advance on home prices , as these petty traders watch the sales of old ships ' stores very closely , and are thus enabled to purchase very cheaply . The Chinese compete with all comers in cheap labour ; and ...
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... obtained a good view of him . He is a fine manly fellow , with a bushy mous- tache , and was dressed in white trousers and jacket , with a white sun - hat , and wore a coloured " sarong " around his waist . We informed him of our ...
... obtained a good view of him . He is a fine manly fellow , with a bushy mous- tache , and was dressed in white trousers and jacket , with a white sun - hat , and wore a coloured " sarong " around his waist . We informed him of our ...
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... obtained , reminding one of Windermere , only that the vegetation is more luxuriant , brightened as it is by a tropic sun . We walked in the garden and forest behind at sunrise , when every flower and leaf was bathed in dew , and were ...
... obtained , reminding one of Windermere , only that the vegetation is more luxuriant , brightened as it is by a tropic sun . We walked in the garden and forest behind at sunrise , when every flower and leaf was bathed in dew , and were ...
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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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