On the Road to Khiva: With Photogr. Illustr. and Military MapKing, 1874 - 359 páginas |
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... miles of desert under heavy rain , with a fever and three unhealed hurts ) I shall try again . In the meantime , all that I wish to do is to tell my own story , fairly , and to leave among my own country- men , from whom I have been ...
... miles of desert under heavy rain , with a fever and three unhealed hurts ) I shall try again . In the meantime , all that I wish to do is to tell my own story , fairly , and to leave among my own country- men , from whom I have been ...
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... miles from Fort No. 1 , 485 from Kinderli Bay , 535 from Djizak , 551 from Tchikishliar , 879 from Oren- burg ; but as our troops will most likely make several détours , you may add a little more in every case . One thing's certain , at ...
... miles from Fort No. 1 , 485 from Kinderli Bay , 535 from Djizak , 551 from Tchikishliar , 879 from Oren- burg ; but as our troops will most likely make several détours , you may add a little more in every case . One thing's certain , at ...
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... miles of magnificent scenery which lie between us and the second train that awaits us at Suram . Accordingly , I and three other vic- tims squeeze ourselves into the foremost car - a rickety affair , all hoops and tarpaulin , like the ...
... miles of magnificent scenery which lie between us and the second train that awaits us at Suram . Accordingly , I and three other vic- tims squeeze ourselves into the foremost car - a rickety affair , all hoops and tarpaulin , like the ...
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... miles ! but happily , the reality is less formidable than it has been painted . My first essay of the new belt , indeed , vividly recalls Mr Ainsworth's graphic description of the " Skevington's Irons " as applied to Guy Fawkes ; but ...
... miles ! but happily , the reality is less formidable than it has been painted . My first essay of the new belt , indeed , vividly recalls Mr Ainsworth's graphic description of the " Skevington's Irons " as applied to Guy Fawkes ; but ...
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... miles of weary travel , before sinking to rest for ever . Little by little , however , the scenery becomes less atrociously Mississipian , though still preserving its overwhelming desolation . Wide sweeps of barren sand -bristling reeds ...
... miles of weary travel , before sinking to rest for ever . Little by little , however , the scenery becomes less atrociously Mississipian , though still preserving its overwhelming desolation . Wide sweeps of barren sand -bristling reeds ...
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already amid answer Aral Sea army Asiatic bank Bashkir bazaar begin Bokhara Bokhariote camels caravan Central Asia CHAPTER civilisation column comes Cossack dark David Stepanovitch desert desolation Djizak door dreary drink dust dusty English eyes face farther fellow fortress fresh gaunt grey hand heat horses hour later huge hundred journey Kara-Koum Kashgar Kaufmann's Kazalinsk Khan Khiva Kirghiz Kokan kopecks Krasnovodsk Kungrad length look miles morning Mourad night once Orenburg Orsk Oxus pass Perovski post-house postmaster ridge river road roubles round Samarcand sand seen shadow shout side sight soldiers St Petersburg stand steamer steppe stream suddenly Syr-Daria tall Tartar Tashkent Tchikishliar tea-urn tell there's thing Tiflis tion town travelling Turkestan Turkoman turn Ural Ural Cossack Uralsk versts waggon wall whole wonder word worth