Word: ceylon
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Professor Lanman is having manuscripts copied in Burmah and Ceylon for the Harvard Oriental series. The College library in Rangoon is rich in Buddhist palm leaf books, and a transcript of one of these will soon be on its way to Cambridge...
...seasonable reading and artistic illustration. The contents are as follows: "Rugged Labrador," by R. G. Taber; "Duck Shooting on Great South Bay," by J. D. Knap; "Old Plute's Gobbler," by Charles E. Taylor; "Over Ifinger Jock," by Jean Porter Rudd; "A Rondeau Muskallonge," by Ed. W. Sandys; "A Ceylon Tracker," by F. Fitzroy Dixon; "Through an Autumn Gale;" "Banana Land Awhell," by E. M. Aaron; "A Shot at a Shadow," by Paul Pastnor; "Lenz's World Tour Awheel;" "A Bit of Blue Ribbon," by Sara Beaumont Kennedy; "The International Athletic Match," by Wm. B. Curtis; "New Hampshire National Guard...
...Exclusive jurisdiction over large bodies of water is not uncommon, e. g. Ceylon, pearl fisheries, fisheries off the north of Scotland, St. Helena, etc.; Am. Hist. L'f't, 17,23; Behring Sea, 24; Wharton, Inter...
Professor Goodale recounted his journey through India, Ceylon, Australia, New Zealand and Japan, giving views of the palms and all plant life. A grove of cocoanut palms is always a sign of a negro village in Ceylon. The growth and culture of tea is the principal occupation of the inhabitants of this island. Besides the cocoanut, cabbage and pinnate palms, the forests contain a curious growth called rain trees which drip with moisture. Vines called runners or climbers, covered with blossoms cling about the palms to a height of fifty feet. Next to the palm, the bamboo is the most...
Professor Goolate is at present in Ceylon and will spend the year studying there in New Zealand and in Australia...