Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story)
by Somadeva | 1924 | 1,023,469 words | ISBN-13: 9789350501351
This is the English translation of the Kathasaritsagara written by Somadeva around 1070. The principle story line revolves around prince Narav膩hanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the Vidhy膩dharas (鈥榗elestial beings鈥�). The work is one of the adoptations of the now lost B峁沨atkath膩, a great Indian epic tale said to have been composed by ...
Part 13 - Micronesia
Micronesia embraces the Pelew, Caroline, Marianne and Gilbert groups of islands. Betel-chewing exists in the first three groups, but appears to be unknown in the Gilbert Islands, where kava -drinking is the chief narcotic. 鈥淭here is certainly no betel-chewing in the Gilbert or Ellice Islands,鈥� says Mr Woodford (of the Solomon Islands) in a letter to me: 鈥渂oth groups are merely coral atolls and the areca-palm would not grow there.鈥�