On the Road to Khiva: With Photogr. Illustr. and Military MapKing, 1874 - 359 páginas |
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... walls of London shall flame with advertisements of " Twenty - Five Minutes in the Brazils , " by the Author of " Through Africa in Half - an - Hour . " In the stupid old days , a man spent half his life in one country , and then ...
... walls of London shall flame with advertisements of " Twenty - Five Minutes in the Brazils , " by the Author of " Through Africa in Half - an - Hour . " In the stupid old days , a man spent half his life in one country , and then ...
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... 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 squeeze ourselves into the foremost car - a rickety ...
... 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 squeeze ourselves into the foremost car - a rickety ...
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... wall of rock on one side and a precipice on the other , the horses suddenly bolt ; and my vehicle , after balancing irresolutely for a few seconds , decides for the rock , and goes over against it with a tremendous crash , pitching the ...
... wall of rock on one side and a precipice on the other , the horses suddenly bolt ; and my vehicle , after balancing irresolutely for a few seconds , decides for the rock , and goes over against it with a tremendous crash , pitching the ...
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... walls become lower and less steep , the narrow ravine opens out wider and wider , the path grows clearer and more level , till at length , towards afternoon , we come out upon the vast green plain on the border of which lies Vladikavkaz ...
... walls become lower and less steep , the narrow ravine opens out wider and wider , the path grows clearer and more level , till at length , towards afternoon , we come out upon the vast green plain on the border of which lies Vladikavkaz ...
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... walls are of plank , cemented with clay and dried leaves ; the floor is merely trodden earth , larded with crushed beetles and furrowed by the excavations of inquiring poultry ; and the whole building , with its rough - hewn timbers and ...
... walls are of plank , cemented with clay and dried leaves ; the floor is merely trodden earth , larded with crushed beetles and furrowed by the excavations of inquiring poultry ; and the whole building , with its rough - hewn timbers and ...
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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