“The” Australian Abroad: Branches from the Main Routes Round the World. Ceylon, India, and Egypt, Volumen2Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1880 |
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... or lobe shape , 270 miles long by 140 broad . Its length is reckoned from the Galle district on its south to Jaffnapatam on its northern B end , and its breadth from Colombo on its western GALLE AND WAKHWELLA CHAPTER IL.
... or lobe shape , 270 miles long by 140 broad . Its length is reckoned from the Galle district on its south to Jaffnapatam on its northern B end , and its breadth from Colombo on its western GALLE AND WAKHWELLA CHAPTER IL.
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... miles . It has in fact been washed off from that continent , as England has from the continent of Europe . The rocks that still abound in that passage have got the name of " Adam's Bridge . " This channel was no doubt a good ford in his ...
... miles . It has in fact been washed off from that continent , as England has from the continent of Europe . The rocks that still abound in that passage have got the name of " Adam's Bridge . " This channel was no doubt a good ford in his ...
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... miles , as against a journey of 15,000 by the old way of the Cape . The town of Galle , which name means " rock , " has been a fortified place , and has its old walls and other defences still standing . It is quite oriental - like in ...
... miles , as against a journey of 15,000 by the old way of the Cape . The town of Galle , which name means " rock , " has been a fortified place , and has its old walls and other defences still standing . It is quite oriental - like in ...
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... miles to be had to Colombo , and a further ride from there to Kandy - a city that once had resident kings . There are excursions to be made thence , through acres of coffee and tea plantations , away up the hill by way of Gampola to ...
... miles to be had to Colombo , and a further ride from there to Kandy - a city that once had resident kings . There are excursions to be made thence , through acres of coffee and tea plantations , away up the hill by way of Gampola to ...
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... miles from Galle . It is done in a small stage - coach , the horses being changed every seven miles . The ostler , having harnessed and started the cattle on their journey , runs beside them to the next stage , and so takes trouble off ...
... miles from Galle . It is done in a small stage - coach , the horses being changed every seven miles . The ostler , having harnessed and started the cattle on their journey , runs beside them to the next stage , and so takes trouble off ...
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