 | Robert Shaw - 1871 - 546 páginas
...plucky as possible — regular soldiers. You will have 71 PREPARING FOR JOURNEY TO YARE AND. CUAI'. IV. heard that another small war has just broken out...Yule's ' Marco Polo,' i. 250, and note at p. 255) : — " There is likewise a class of people called ' Argon ' because they are produced from a mixture... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1875 - 862 páginas
...styles them " a set of ruffians called Argoons, half-bred between Toorkistan fathers and Ladak mothers They possess all the evil qualities of both races, without any of their virtues." And the author of the Dabistan, speaking of the Tibetan Lamas, says : " Their king, if his mother be... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1875 - 672 páginas
...styles them " a set of ruffians called Argocns, half-bred between Toorkistan fathers and Ladak mothers They possess all the evil qualities of both races, without any of their virtues." And the author of the Dabistan, speaking of the Tibetan Lamas, says : " Their king, if his mother be... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1875 - 730 páginas
...styles them ".a set of ruffians called Argoons, half-bred between Toorkistan fathers and Ladak mothers They possess all the evil qualities of both races, without any of their virtues." And the author of the Dabistan, speaking of the Tibetan Lamas, says : " Their king, if his mother be... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1903 - 828 páginas
...them " a set of ruffians called Argoons, half-bred between Toorkistan fathers and Ladak mothers. . . . They possess all the evil qualities of both races, without any of their virtues." And the author of the Dabistan, speaking of the Tibetan Lamas, says : "Their king, if his mother be... | |
 | Prem Singh Jina - 1995 - 164 páginas
...He describes about this race in this way: "Ladak is infested with a set of ruffians called Argoons, half-bred between Toorkistan fathers and Ladak mothers....miserable ponies, and as soon as they have made a bargain with a merchant for the carriage of his goods, and received a large advance, they go and buy a few... | |
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I will not here inflict on the reader a history of the troubles I underwent in arranging for a start. Ladak is infested with a set of ruffians called Argoons,1 half-bred between Toorkistan fathers and Ladak mothers. Like most half-castes, they possess... 