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They are natives of the countries which they inhabit; the dromedary coming from Arabia and Africa, the camel from the middle of Asia, to the north of the Himalaya mountains. They are said to harbour revenge; but, if this be once gratified, they soon return to good humour. Llamas are called the camels of the New World, and under this common name are included more than one species.
At once I recognized the subject I had seen it already in the ruined temple of Ranipur, though the details differed. Parvati, the Divine Daughter of the Himalaya, the Emanation of the mighty mountains, seated upon a throne, listening to a girl who played on a Pan pipe before her.
This is one of the best accessions to our information respecting this part of Asia which has been produced by our establishments in India. Account of the Kingdom of Nepaul. The same character applies to this as to the other work by the same author. Fraser's Journal of a Tour through part of the Snowy Ridge of the Himalaya Mountains. 1820. 4to. Notwithstanding Mr.
There was the original of the picture of the King of Persia in Ker Porter's Travels. It was given to Sir John by the monarch himself. There were also two daggers which the king presented with his own hand. I think Sir John must somehow have mesmerized him. Then Captain M. showed me sketches of his father's country house in the Himalaya Mountains: think of that!
Siligoree stands on the verge of the Terai, that low malarious belt which skirts the base of the Himalaya, from the Sutlej to Brahma-koond in Upper Assam. Every feature, botanical, geological, and zoological, is new on entering this district.
There are roaring torrents and wide, placid rivers. The Sikkim Himalaya, looking down on the plains of India on the one side and the steppes of Tibet on the other, is the most suitable place I know for a study of Natural Beauty. But there are beauties in Kashmir and in the great Karakoram Mountains behind Kashmir which are not found in Sikkim.
And my fancy, long pent-up and crushed by circumstances, burst out in uncontrollable wildness, and swept my other faculties with it helpless away over all heaven and earth, presenting to me, as in a vast kaleidoscope, fantastic symbols of all I had ever thought, or read, or felt. That fancy of the mountain returned; but I had climbed it now. I was wandering along the lower ridge of the Himalaya.
One also finds acres of mounds and debris indicating a large Buddhist foundation in the days when Buddha reigned supreme. We left Benares for Darjeeling the evening of December 27th, and the prospect of a glimpse of mountain scenery in the famed Himalaya foothills, eight thousand feet above the sea, was exhilarating after the depressing scenes behind us.
The two huge humps or hunches upon its back form a sufficient token by which to identify the species. It is found in Persia and the adjoining countries; but in no part in such numbers as in the middle zone of Asia in the Taurus, and to the north of the Himalaya Mountains.
But presently, as the sun beats with more fervor, rivulets begin to trickle from exposed points; these grow to cataracts and roar down the precipices; masses of undermined snow plunge into the abysses; the great winds of the Himalaya rise and howl, and every silence of the morning becomes a noise at noon.
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