 The banks of the river, on the contrary, are rife with fever; the cause assigned is, that during the rainy seasons they swell to a great size, and collect the vegetable matter of a large extent of country; but owing to the rapidity with which they fall...  The Bungalow and the Tent; Or, a Visit to Ceylon - Page 31by Sir Edward Robert Sullivan - 1854 - 311 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alfred Haviland - Climatology - 1855 - 210 pages
...the neighbourhood. The banks of the river, on the contrary, are rife with fever : the cause assigned is, that during the rainy seasons they swell to a...this accumulation is left to decay in its bed, and infest the surrounding country. There exists also another reason : the beds of the Ceylon rivers are... | |
 | Alfred Haviland - Climatology - 1855 - 208 pages
...the neighbourhood. The banks of the river, on the contrary, are rife with fever : the cause assigned is, that during the rainy seasons they swell to a...this accumulation is left to decay in its bed, and infest the surrounding country. There exists also another reason : the beds of the Ceylon rivers are... | |
 | India - 1855 - 462 pages
...extent of country ; but owing to the rapidity with which they fall at the commencement of the dryseason, and the winding and intricate nature of their course,...themselves, and this accumulation is left to decay in the bed, and infect the surrounding country. There exists also another reason — the beds of the Ceylon... | |
 | American Medical Association - Electronic journals - 1859 - 740 pages
...the neighborhood. The banks of the river, on the contrary, are rife with fever; the cause assigned is, that during the rainy seasons they swell to a...this accumulation is left to decay in its bed and infest the surrounding country. There exists also another reason, the beds of the Ceylon rivers are... | |
 | Agriculture - 1860 - 682 pages
...the neighborhood. The banks of the river, on the contrary, are rife with fever ; the cause assigned is, that during the rainy seasons, they swell to a...this accumulation is left to decay in its bed and infest the surrounding country. There exists also another reason ; the beds of the Ceylon rivers are... | |
 | California. Legislature - California - 1875 - 534 pages
...the contrary, are rife with fever. The cause assigned is, that during the rainy seasons they swell to great size, and collect the vegetable matter of a...this accumulation is left to decay in its bed and infest the surrounding country. There exists also another reason: the beds §of the Ceylon rivers are... | |
 | California. Department of Public Health - California - 1875 - 290 pages
...the contrary, are rife with fever. The cause assigned is, that during the rainy seasons they swell to great size, and collect the vegetable matter of a...this accumulation is left to decay in its bed and infest the surrounding country. There exists also another reason: the beds of the Ceylon rivers are... | |
 | California. Legislature - 1875 - 1026 pages
...dry season, and the winding and intricate nature of their course, the streams are unable to clear 128 themselves, and this accumulation is left to decay in its bed and infest the surrounding country. There exists also another reason: the beds of the Ceylon rivers are... | |
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