Newman's Guide to Darjeeling and Its Surroundings, Historical & Descriptive, with Some Account of the Manners and Customs of the Neighbouring Hill Tribes, and a Chapter on Thibet and the ThibetansW. Newman and Company, 1900 - 106 oldal |
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alkaloid animal Badamtam Balasun bamboo Bar-headed Geese Bengal State Railway Bhootan boundary Buddhists bungalows Calcutta called Campbell cannibalism CHAPTER Chinese Cloth cold colour consists coolies cotton cultivated Darjeeling District Dhimals distance dogs dress Ducks east elevation febrifuge feet high flowers forest Gantak Ghoorkas hair handsome HINDUSTANI Hotel houses inches Independent Sikkim India inhabit Jellapahar jungle Kalimpong Kanchinjanga kind Kurseong Lama Lassa leaf Lebong Lepchas Lesser Floricans Limboos Mahanada manufacture miles distant mountain Namchi native Nepal Nepalese NEWMAN'S Pashok passes peaks Pedong Pekoe places plains plantations plants Polyandry priest race rains rainy season Rajah range rice river road round Ruddy Sheldrakes Rungeet Sâl salt scenery sea-level seen Senchal Sendukphoo sheep shew side Sikkim Silliguri Singalila Singalila range Sir Ashley Eden snow snowy soil station Teals Teesta Bridge Terai Thibet Tongloo town traveller trees valley village visitors wear wild women wood yâks
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14. oldal - The Governor-General having expressed his desire for the possession of the Hill of Darjeeling, on account of its cool climate, for the purpose of enabling the servants of "his Government, suffering from sickness, to avail themselves of its advantages...
10. oldal - Singh engages never to take, or retain, in his service any British subject, nor the subject of any European or American State, without the consent of the British Government.
62. oldal - Himalaya, especially at a sufficient distance for the remote snowy peaks to be seen overtopping the outer ridges, is, however, rare, from the constant deposition of vapours over the forest-clad ranges during the greater part of the year, and the haziness of the dry atmosphere of the plains in the winter months.
10. oldal - Singh will refer to the arbitration of the British Government any disputes or questions that may arise between himself and the Government of Lahore, or any other neighbouring State, and will abide by the decision of the British Government.
102. oldal - Picrorhiza, a plant allied to Speedwell, which grows at from 12,000 to 15,000 feet elevation, and is a powerful bitter, called " Hoonling" by the Tibetans. They had with them above 100 sheep, of a tall, long-legged, Romannosed breed. Each carried upwards of forty pounds of salt, done up in two leather bags, slung on either side, and secured by a band going over the chest, and another round the loins, so that they cannot slip off, when going up or down hill. These sheep are very tame, patient creatures,...
54. oldal - ... sulphuric acid until very nearly the whole of the precipitate has been dissolved, and a neutral liquid has been obtained. Filter the solution while hot through paper, wash the filter with boiling distilled water, concentrate till a film forms on the surface of the solution, and set it aside to crystallise.
11. oldal - This treaty shall be ratified and exchanged by the Sikkimputtee Rajah within one month from the present date, and the counterpart, when confirmed by His Excellency the Right Honorable the Governor-General, shall be transmitted to the Rajah. Done at Titalya...
10. oldal - East India Company guarantees to the Sikkimputtee Rajah and his successors the full and peaceable possession of the tract of hilly country specified in the first Article of the present Agreement.
28. oldal - ... the middle of the day, as the ju-ju would kill him. The chief, with his wife and child, stayed three months at Abijon, and then returned to Okuni. Since that time tortoises have always been sacrificed to the Ekpinon ju-ju, and the Okuni people always warn their children never to go out in the middle of the day...
62. oldal - ... backed by a beautiful range of snowy peaks, with occasional breaks in the foremost ranges, through which the rivers debouch. Any view of the Himalaya, especially at a sufficient distance for the remote snowy peaks to be seen overtopping the outer ridges, is, however, rare, from the constant deposition...