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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1862

1863

The jungle remained of the same character and the nature of the country as the path descended to the plains passing through low I)ut steep hills was very similar to that in the ascent from Krau to Tasan. [...] The Tables do not show however the vast further saving which would accrue by running two lines of steamers instead of three in the Bay of Bengal and one line instead of two on the China side of the Siamese and Malay Peninsula ; the reduction of the number of steamers the saving thereby of steamers lying idle while not running - the concentration of coal depots and many other incidental expen [...] All the trade between Maulmein and the Straits for which there is no better mode of carriage than junks and katte os and all the tin found on both sides of the Pakchan in the Lenya river and indeed all along the coast up to Yeh and which only requires capital and labour to deve.lop to any extent would be picked up at Krau while the labour for the tin mines of the Pakchan and possibly for t [...] The boats of eight or ten tons for the river service should form the bodies of the carriages for the railroad service patent slips being formed at the Krau terminus and if necessary also on the gulf of Siam shore up which the loaded boats may be dragged on their own wheels which could form the slip cradles and the boats could be tacked on to the engine and proceed to the other side witout [...] 1861) the Appendix consists of a series of highly interesting lists of the mammalia birds and ordinary plants respectively of the valley of the Amoor (divided into Upper Middle and Lower) of the Kirghiz steppe Kara-taw Ala-taw and Tarbagatai and of the trans-Baikal and Siberia.t EQuus HEMIONVO is mentioned as an inhabitant only of the upper Amoor territory ; and EQ17119 CADA.
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Pages
139
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
Segment Pages Author Actions
Report on a Route from the Month of the Pakchan to Krau and Thence Across the Isthmus of Krau to the Gulf of Siam.—By Captain Alexander Fraser Bengal Engineers and Caplain J. G. Forlong Ex. Engineer T. and M. Provinces
347-i The Secretaries view
A Further Note on Wild Asscs and Alleged Wild Horses. —By E. Blyth
363-i The Secretaries view
Order Chclonia.—By S. R. Tickell Esq.
367-370 The Secretaries view
The Chárváka Syatem of Philosophy.—By E. B. Cowell. M. A.
371-390 The Secretaries view
Vestiges of the Kings of Gwalior.—By Bábu Rájendrálal Mitra
391-424 The Secretaries view
Literary Intelligence
425-428 The Secretaries view
Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal For July 1862
429-456 The Secretaries view
Meteorological Observations. Abstract of the Results of the Hourly Meteorological Observations Taken at the Surveyor General’s Office Calcutta
lxxiii-xcvi The Secretaries view

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