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Dhoon, I have limited the tea beds to three feet in breadth.
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I want to get to Seharunpore, 15 or 20 days in advance of my time, as I must run up to Mussoorie and fish in the Dhoon.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Dhoon, it being so porous, as mentioned by Major Cautley in his
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Two horrible desires of the Spirit Mirza would be gratified if a Dhoon could be made her victim -- the desire for blood and the desire for vengeance!
Brood of the Witch-Queen Sax Rohmer 1921
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The fourth Baron Lashmore represents what the world calls 'The Curse of the House of Dhoon.'
Brood of the Witch-Queen Sax Rohmer 1921
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Dhoon and all that he had learnt of recent happenings from Lord and
Brood of the Witch-Queen Sax Rohmer 1921
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There was a big house-party at Dhoon, but I had been prepared, for some weeks, by my father, for the ordeal that awaited me.
Brood of the Witch-Queen Sax Rohmer 1921
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He then goes on to say that his father-in-law had killed in the Dhoon four or five tigers over 11 feet, and that the late Sir
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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He says: "I believe the Dhoon tigers are the largest and finest beasts that are found in any part of India."
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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Mr. Hume is apparently of the same opinion, as he does not quote the Dhoon as one of the localities in which, this species occurs (S.F. ix, p. 286).
The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870
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