Blackwood's Magazine, Volumen254William Blackwood, 1943 |
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... river water that could be diverted into small canals for their starved rice- fields , leaving little of it to reach the sea . In one case abundant Nature over- supplied ; in the other , a desert tract , starved fields , and starved ...
... river water that could be diverted into small canals for their starved rice- fields , leaving little of it to reach the sea . In one case abundant Nature over- supplied ; in the other , a desert tract , starved fields , and starved ...
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river must be partially diverted while foundations were in progress . But the Periyar was , of all mountain streams , the liveliest and most intractable . The spirit of the river , it seemed , had no idea of letting its waters be tamely ...
river must be partially diverted while foundations were in progress . But the Periyar was , of all mountain streams , the liveliest and most intractable . The spirit of the river , it seemed , had no idea of letting its waters be tamely ...
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... river and the jungle and the climate looked like defeating them many times over . To begin with , in February 1889 the main foundations - laid with the utmost difficulty were practically wiped out by floods , as I have told : a disaster ...
... river and the jungle and the climate looked like defeating them many times over . To begin with , in February 1889 the main foundations - laid with the utmost difficulty were practically wiped out by floods , as I have told : a disaster ...
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