On the Road to Khiva: With Photogr. Illustr. and Military MapKing, 1874 - 359 páginas |
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... passes given me to Orenburg , Fort No. 1 , and Tashkent , General Kolpakovski's telegram to me at the latter place , with permission to visit Samarcand , and the letters written me en route by various Russian officers , are open to ...
... passes given me to Orenburg , Fort No. 1 , and Tashkent , General Kolpakovski's telegram to me at the latter place , with permission to visit Samarcand , and the letters written me en route by various Russian officers , are open to ...
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... passing tourist may spend a pleasant hour . " A blue book would probably sum it up as follows : " Local products ... pass with luggage ; chief article of use , quinine ; internal communication , im- possible ; government , every man ...
... passing tourist may spend a pleasant hour . " A blue book would probably sum it up as follows : " Local products ... pass with luggage ; chief article of use , quinine ; internal communication , im- possible ; government , every man ...
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... passing tourist may traverse as safely and com- modiously as Saxony or the Tyrol , was so recently the scene of one of the bloodiest and most pro- tracted struggles recorded in history ; but here , shut in by black broken crags of ...
... passing tourist may traverse as safely and com- modiously as Saxony or the Tyrol , was so recently the scene of one of the bloodiest and most pro- tracted struggles recorded in history ; but here , shut in by black broken crags of ...
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... passes of which the slanting sunlight streams in a sea of glory ; and with the last gleam of daylight , we plunge ... passing lantern flashes upon a moustached face and military cap , while a familiar voice shouts through the darkness ...
... passes of which the slanting sunlight streams in a sea of glory ; and with the last gleam of daylight , we plunge ... passing lantern flashes upon a moustached face and military cap , while a familiar voice shouts through the darkness ...
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... pass , very cold , very wet , very sore , very hungry , and very ill - tempered . Everyone has doubtless had experience of that in- evitable crisis in a rough night journey , when one's numerous discomforts culminate in a sense of ...
... pass , very cold , very wet , very sore , very hungry , and very ill - tempered . Everyone has doubtless had experience of that in- evitable crisis in a rough night journey , when one's numerous discomforts culminate in a sense of ...
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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