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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... whole of Northern Borneo - from Gaya Bay to Sabuco - to a public company ! Unaided by England , Borneo seems likely to suffer in two ways - either to be annexed by the Government of Manilla , or else to fall into the hands of the ...
... whole of Northern Borneo - from Gaya Bay to Sabuco - to a public company ! Unaided by England , Borneo seems likely to suffer in two ways - either to be annexed by the Government of Manilla , or else to fall into the hands of the ...
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... whole very satisfactory . I found them honest and just in their advice , although at times a little grasping in their bargains . The ease with which food is obtained in such a tropical land is of course inimical to any great exertion or ...
... whole very satisfactory . I found them honest and just in their advice , although at times a little grasping in their bargains . The ease with which food is obtained in such a tropical land is of course inimical to any great exertion or ...
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... whole coast here is bold and rocky , but not dangerous . Large craft may ride close in under the cliffs . A few miles further along is Cape Sartenius , a rocky headland , which rises perpendicularly from the sea , and is crowned with a ...
... whole coast here is bold and rocky , but not dangerous . Large craft may ride close in under the cliffs . A few miles further along is Cape Sartenius , a rocky headland , which rises perpendicularly from the sea , and is crowned with a ...
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... whole time . They each carried up about a hundred weight at once in a basket ; and the whole gang reminded one of a colony of black ants , as they swarmed up one plank in quick succession , and trotted down another , after disposing of ...
... whole time . They each carried up about a hundred weight at once in a basket ; and the whole gang reminded one of a colony of black ants , as they swarmed up one plank in quick succession , and trotted down another , after disposing of ...
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... whole thing is regulated by a simple telegraphic and signalling system . Nearly all these stations have little gardens , but the prettiest of them all in this way is that at the old Arab town and ferry station of Kantara , through which ...
... whole thing is regulated by a simple telegraphic and signalling system . Nearly all these stations have little gardens , but the prettiest of them all in this way is that at the old Arab town and ferry station of Kantara , through which ...
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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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