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Notes on the Pearl and Chank Fisheries - And marine fauna of the Gulf of Manaar is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1890. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are avail...

Part of the Provincial Geography of India series, this 1913 volume, concentrates on Madras, Mysore, Coorg, and other associated states.

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Excerpt from Coins: Catalogue No. 1, Mysore, With Eleven Plates IN issuing the present catalogue, I have to gratefully acknow ledge the assistance which I received, in writing the Intro duction, from Mr. Lewis Rice's Mysore Gazetteer and Colonel H. P. Hawkes' Coins of Mysore, of which the latter, published in 1856, is now very scarce. From both these sources I have, in many cases, copied extracts verbatim. To Captain R. H. Campbell Tufnell, ...

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Excerpt from The Madras Presidency: With Mysore, Coorg and the Associated States The Author has had the willing help of several friends, among whom might specially be mentioned Mr]. S. Gamble, who, as an old official of the Indian Forest Department, has dealt authoritatively with the chapter on the Flora and Forests. Mr E. B. Havell, who is well known by his charming books on Indian Art, has con tributed the chapter on Architecture, a subject...

Excerpt from Pearl and Chank Fisheries: Of the Gulf of Manaar In 1890, my 'Notes on the Pearl and Chank Fisheries and Marine Fauna of the Golf of Manaar' were published in a single volume, and a friendly critic pointed out that the effect thereof was somewhat marred by their publication together, and by the arrangement adopted. The edition being exhausted, and fresh material awaiting incorporation, I have taken advantage of the opportunity t...

Excerpt from Ethnographic Notes in Southern India: With 40 Plates Some of the articles, originally published in my Museum Bulletins, are now reproduced with additions. I may add that the chapter devoted to omens, evil eye, etc 18 intended only as a mere outline sketch of a group of subjects, which, if worked up in detail, would furnish material for a very bulky volume. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of ...

Excerpt from Castes and Tribes, Vol. 4: Of Southern IndiaThe Koronos are worshippers of Vishnu. Their cere monies are performed with the aid of Brahman priests.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving th...

Excerpt from A Supplement to F. Hamilton Davey's Flora of Cornwall The Flora of Cornwall was published in 1909. Additions thereto, by Mr. F. H. Davey and Dr. C. C. Vigurs respectively, issued in the Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, 191 1 and 1913, are incorporated in the present Supplement. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This bo...

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Excerpt from Castes and Tribes of Southern India, Vol. 7: T to Z Téli. - The tali, Bishop Caldwell writes? Is the Hindu sign of marriage, answering to the ring of European Christendom. I have known a clergyman refuse to perform a marriage with a tali, and insist upon a ring being used instead. A little consideration will show that the scrupulous conscience can find no rest for itself even in the ring for, if the ring is more Christian than th...

Excerpt from Castes and Tribes of Southern India, Vol. 2: C to J As a sept of the Sale weavers, it probably has reference to the gruel, or size, which is applied to the warp. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct th...

Excerpt from Castes and Tribes of Southern India, Vol. 1: An and B For some of the photographs of Badagas, Kurumbas, and Todas, I am indebted to Mr. A. T. W. Penn of Ootacamund. I may add that the anthropometric data are all the result of measurements taken by myself, in order to eliminate the varying error resulting from the employ ment of a plurality of observers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rar...

Excerpt from Castes and Tribes of Southern India, Vol. 6: P to SThe name Vanniyan is, Mr. H. A. Stuart writesfif derived from the Sanskrit yanbi (fire) in consequence of the following legend. In the olden times, two giants named Vatapi and Mahi, worshipped Brahma with such devotion that they obtained from him immunity from death from every cause save fire, which element they had carelessly omitted to include in their enumeration. Protected thu...