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Page 201
... grow mangroves and nipah . The nipah is a long- leafed dwarf palm , like those palms which in old pictures you see carried on Palm Sunday . They grow at the water's edge , reclaiming the soil , and when they have made fresh , fruitful ...
... grow mangroves and nipah . The nipah is a long- leafed dwarf palm , like those palms which in old pictures you see carried on Palm Sunday . They grow at the water's edge , reclaiming the soil , and when they have made fresh , fruitful ...
Page 203
... grow dense , trees with enormous leaves and trees with the feathery foliage of the acacia , coconut trees and the areca palm with its long , straight white stem , bamboos and wild sago like huge bunches of ostrich feathers . Here and ...
... grow dense , trees with enormous leaves and trees with the feathery foliage of the acacia , coconut trees and the areca palm with its long , straight white stem , bamboos and wild sago like huge bunches of ostrich feathers . Here and ...
Page 225
... grows a tangle of trees and shrubs ; but only these massive walls of great grey stones remain , and the quadrangle is a jungle of tropical vegetation . Opposite the fort is a large open space reaching down to the sea where huge trees grow ...
... grows a tangle of trees and shrubs ; but only these massive walls of great grey stones remain , and the quadrangle is a jungle of tropical vegetation . Opposite the fort is a large open space reaching down to the sea where huge trees grow ...
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