On the Road to Khiva: With Photogr. Illustr. and Military MapKing, 1874 - 359 páginas |
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... waggons , drawn up at the foot of the great mountain- wall , are to carry us across the twelve miles of magnificent scenery which lie between us and the second train that awaits us at Suram . Accordingly , I and three other vic- tims ...
... waggons , drawn up at the foot of the great mountain- wall , are to carry us across the twelve miles of magnificent scenery which lie between us and the second train that awaits us at Suram . Accordingly , I and three other vic- tims ...
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... waggon with a team of oxen , far away on the endless plain ; or a little log - built hamlet perched on the brink of the grey , sullen stream ; or a cluster of quaint little straw lamp- shades , with smoke oozing from their tops , which ...
... waggon with a team of oxen , far away on the endless plain ; or a little log - built hamlet perched on the brink of the grey , sullen stream ; or a cluster of quaint little straw lamp- shades , with smoke oozing from their tops , which ...
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... waggons , creaking under the weight of huge sacks and battered chests , which look as if they had seen service ; while beside them march file after file of gaunt sinewy men in dusty white frocks , with dark hair cropped close round ...
... waggons , creaking under the weight of huge sacks and battered chests , which look as if they had seen service ; while beside them march file after file of gaunt sinewy men in dusty white frocks , with dark hair cropped close round ...
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... waggon , a complete set of cooking utensils , a three months ' stock of tea , sugar , and camp - biscuit , and various other necessaries suggested by the experience of my new friends , who have all been " out on the steppes " in their ...
... waggon , a complete set of cooking utensils , a three months ' stock of tea , sugar , and camp - biscuit , and various other necessaries suggested by the experience of my new friends , who have all been " out on the steppes " in their ...
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... waggon ( a light little thing with a movable hood ) is prepared for my accommodation , by filling the bottom with hay , laying my baggage upon it in a kind of pavement , and covering the whole with a straw mattress , upon which I ...
... waggon ( a light little thing with a movable hood ) is prepared for my accommodation , by filling the bottom with hay , laying my baggage upon it in a kind of pavement , and covering the whole with a straw mattress , upon which I ...
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