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Indian State Railways Magazine. February 1938

1938

For some the secret urge is for the sea and to sail and sail away ; but for others the mountains call and the longing is for the forest track and the smell of the pines. [...] of its founder and is held in front of the temple In the earliest ages of Hindu legend Dehra Gurudwara of the Udasis which was built in 1699 A Dun formed part of the Mythical kingdom of This temple consisting in a central block in wh Kidra-Kund the abode of the great god Shiva the Guru's bed is preserved is a handsome struct and its history is entwined in the myths and legends designed in th [...] The shikari regards the forest as being the home of the tiger the elephant the bear the sambar and the chital ; the villager thinks of the forest in terms of the leaf manure he requires for his fields the firewood for his hearth the timber for his house the grazing for his cattle ; the artist admires the beauty of the trees the striking symphony in greens of the foliage the majesty of wil [...] The leaves of the so-called screw pines ( Panda inns spp.) which are common in the Sunderbans yield a strong fibre suitable for cordage fishing-nets lines brush bristles and sacking ; the kittal fibre of commerce is made from the leaves of the sago palm which occurs in the moist forests of Assam and Burma and which incidentally also produces the sago of the dinner table ; the sisal fibre w [...] The floss of this tree be exploited to a greater extent commercially is the case at present and there is a consider field for the manufacture on a large scale of ; quality ropes and cordage from various trees shrubs the most suitable for the purpose t possibly the bast fibre of `..'terc pil/os(t a coin tree of Burma and the stem fibre of 11 eli4 iso r a a shrub known in the vernaculal ' maror
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Cover
i-i unknown view
Frontmatter
440-444 unknown view
Editorial
445-445 unknown view
A Journey to the Valley of Grace
445-447 W.J. view
A Gem of Hoysala Art
448-451 unknown view
Suspicion the Story of Rai Bahadur’s Ducks
451-453 Theophitus view
Only a Rose and a Memory
454-457 unknown view
In Gay Mussoorie
457-468 Augustus Somerville view
Indian Forest Products and Their Uses—VI
469-473 F.W. Champion view
Lepchas and Lamas
474-476 “Rusticus” view
“The Great Gangotri Glacier”
477-479 Edelweiss view
Big Gems the Romance of Great Rubies
480-482 Theophilus view
Doomed the Passing of a Monument
483-484 R.O.C. view
Backmatter
485-486 unknown view

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