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... valley of the Vishnoo Gunga , at the town of Mana ; and on the 2nd of June 1842 , you gave him a last glimpse of it , in his own country , at the distance of only a few miles from his own home , which the discomfiture of the Sikh ...
... valley of the Vishnoo Gunga , at the town of Mana ; and on the 2nd of June 1842 , you gave him a last glimpse of it , in his own country , at the distance of only a few miles from his own home , which the discomfiture of the Sikh ...
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... valley of the Vishnoo Gunga , above the temple of Budrinath , at an elevation of a- bout eleven thousand feet above the level of the sea . For four or five months in Summer and Autumn , it is a place of con- siderable trade , being a ...
... valley of the Vishnoo Gunga , above the temple of Budrinath , at an elevation of a- bout eleven thousand feet above the level of the sea . For four or five months in Summer and Autumn , it is a place of con- siderable trade , being a ...
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... valley made by a river in the snowy range , at a height of nearly sixteen thousand . The appearance in general of Chinese Tartary , is that of an immense plain , very rugged and bleak , interspersed with hills and deep ravines , which ...
... valley made by a river in the snowy range , at a height of nearly sixteen thousand . The appearance in general of Chinese Tartary , is that of an immense plain , very rugged and bleak , interspersed with hills and deep ravines , which ...
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... valley . My short account of the Himmala Passes is not yet quite complete ; but as I promised you a brief abstract of my pil- grimage to the far - famed shrines of Kedar Nath and Budree Nath , I shall now try to perform that promise ...
... valley . My short account of the Himmala Passes is not yet quite complete ; but as I promised you a brief abstract of my pil- grimage to the far - famed shrines of Kedar Nath and Budree Nath , I shall now try to perform that promise ...
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... valley ; they are studded with villages , and covered over with cultivation , and the bottom of the valley looks from a distance like a garden . Many of the small villages were perched high up- on the mountains ; and giving the ...
... valley ; they are studded with villages , and covered over with cultivation , and the bottom of the valley looks from a distance like a garden . Many of the small villages were perched high up- on the mountains ; and giving the ...
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