 | tennent - 1859 - 694 pages
...belief of his countrymen, that the elephants, when about to die, resorted to a valley in Saffragam, among the mountains to the east of Adam's Peak, which...side of a lake of clear water, they took their last repose,2 It was not without interest that I afterwards recognized this tradition in the story of Sindbad... | |
 | Sir James Emerson Tennent - Natural history - 1859 - 700 pages
...about to die, resorted to a valley in Saffragam, among the mountains to the east of Adam's Peak, wliich was reached by a narrow pass with walls of rock on...side of a lake of clear water, they took their last repose.2 It was not without interest that I afterwards recognised this tradition in the story of Sinbad... | |
 | Literature - 1860 - 874 pages
...belief of his countrymen that the elephants, when about to die, resorted to a valley in Saffragam, among the mountains to the east of Adam's Peak, which...was reached by a narrow pass with walls of rock on cither side, and that there, by the side of a lake of clear water, they took their last repose. It... | |
 | Charles Dickens - English literature - 1860 - 630 pages
...near death resort to a valley near Saffragam, among the mountains to the east of Adam's Peak, which is reached by a narrow pass with walls of rock on either side, and that they • i .,>(,. liu-keni.) [Jnnnorу 14, Il«О 2ÙO he down there to die by a lake of elear water.... | |
 | 1860 - 520 pages
...Ceylon is said to be a valley in Saffragam, among the mountains to the east of Adam's Peak* which is reached by a narrow pass, with walls of rock on either side, and there, by the side of a lake of clear water, they take their last repose. " It was not," adds Sir James,... | |
 | Sir James Emerson Tennent - Elephants - 1861 - 586 pages
...belief of his countrymen, that the elephants, when about to die, resorted to a valley in Saffragam, among the mountains to the east of Adam's Peak, which...side of a lake of clear water, they took their last repose.1 It was not without interest that I afterwards recognised this tradition in the story of Sinbad... | |
 | Sir James Emerson Tennent - Elephants - 1867 - 246 pages
...belief of his countrymen, that the elephants, when about to die, resorted to a valley in Saffragam, among the mountains to the east of Adam's Peak, which...side of a lake of clear water, they took their last repose.1 It was not without interest that I afterwards recognised this tradition in the story of Sinbad... | |
 | Henry Cadwallader Adams - Geographical myths - 1883 - 412 pages
...belief of his countrymen, that the elephant, when about to die, resorted to a valley in Saffragam, among the mountains to the east of Adam's Peak, which...narrow pass, with walls of rock on either side ; and there, by the side of a lake of clear water, they took their last repose. It was not without interest... | |
 | George P. Sanderson - Elephants - 1907 - 512 pages
...belief of his countrymen that the elephants, when about to die, resorted to a valley in Saffragam, among the mountains to the east of Adam's Peak, which...narrow pass with walls of rock on either side, and that here, by the side of a lake of clear water, they took their lsst repose." This belief of a universal... | |
 | George P. Sanderson - Elephants - 1912 - 464 pages
...belief of his countrymen that the elephants, when about to die, resorted to a valley in Safrragam, among the mountains to the east of Adam's Peak, which...narrow pass with walls of rock on either side, and that here, by the side of a lake of clear water, they took their last repose." This belief of a universal... | |
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Dehigame, one of the Kandyan chiefs, assured me it was the universal belief of his countrymen, that the elephants, when about to die, resorted to a valley in Saffragam, among the mountains to the east of Adam's Peak, which was reached by a narrow pass... 
