“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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... all over the quaint little town , and find a choice of hotels offered . I have by this caught sight of outlying country that looks very tempting , and arrange for a vehicle to take me around after tiffin time . I have begun to have an idea.
... all over the quaint little town , and find a choice of hotels offered . I have by this caught sight of outlying country that looks very tempting , and arrange for a vehicle to take me around after tiffin time . I have begun to have an idea.
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... sight of Kandy . It is well worth coming to see , and coming a long way to see - all is so thoroughly eastern . White faces and European costumes are scarcely to be seen . It is a compact city , and a crowded one also . Men of every ...
... sight of Kandy . It is well worth coming to see , and coming a long way to see - all is so thoroughly eastern . White faces and European costumes are scarcely to be seen . It is a compact city , and a crowded one also . Men of every ...
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... of religious relics . Every religion has some to show . It were well that they were all kept from sight as much as the holy tooth of Buddha . Buddhist Temple . 21 More believers might be thereby obtained 20 The Main Routes Round the World .
... of religious relics . Every religion has some to show . It were well that they were all kept from sight as much as the holy tooth of Buddha . Buddhist Temple . 21 More believers might be thereby obtained 20 The Main Routes Round the World .
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... sight of what it now sees - with the memories of what it has seen . In an adjoining temple to the palace I am shown curious writings in scroll fashion , beautifully written on the leaves of the talipat palm . Some of it is tastefully ...
... sight of what it now sees - with the memories of what it has seen . In an adjoining temple to the palace I am shown curious writings in scroll fashion , beautifully written on the leaves of the talipat palm . Some of it is tastefully ...
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... for wives , they are of the sort most likely to be good clients . Passing through the market , where one might stay an hour or two with interest , I make way on a four - mile walk to the Peradinia Gardens , as one of the sights of Kandy's.
... for wives , they are of the sort most likely to be good clients . Passing through the market , where one might stay an hour or two with interest , I make way on a four - mile walk to the Peradinia Gardens , as one of the sights of Kandy's.
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