On the Road to KhivaH.S. King, 1874 - 359 páginas |
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... Asiatic frontier is on a par with Patagonia or the source of the Niger , would be somewhat bewildered at finding , in the very heart of the Eastern prairie , trim public gardens , and massive Government buildings , and well - paved ...
... Asiatic frontier is on a par with Patagonia or the source of the Niger , would be somewhat bewildered at finding , in the very heart of the Eastern prairie , trim public gardens , and massive Government buildings , and well - paved ...
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... Asiatic travel . My 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 ...
... Asiatic travel . My 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 ...
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... Asiatic sky . Were I D'Artagnan or Monte - Cristo , I should , of course , improvise a balloon , or evolve horses by the mere force of my will , or ( in the words of the great master ) " courir plus vite que les chevaux . " But the ...
... Asiatic sky . Were I D'Artagnan or Monte - Cristo , I should , of course , improvise a balloon , or evolve horses by the mere force of my will , or ( in the words of the great master ) " courir plus vite que les chevaux . " But the ...
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... Asiatic , as a rule , bathes more ( and washes less ) than any man under heaven . And , in truth , we are both much in need of it . Barely six hours have passed since I swam across the Irgiz and back , yet one may already strike a match ...
... Asiatic , as a rule , bathes more ( and washes less ) than any man under heaven . And , in truth , we are both much in need of it . Barely six hours have passed since I swam across the Irgiz and back , yet one may already strike a match ...
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... Asiatic can . Rather a novel sensation , bathing in a desert pool with cattle for one's bathmen ; but it would be well if these were my only attendants . I have gone barely fifty yards when a sound like the striking - up of a church ...
... Asiatic can . Rather a novel sensation , bathing in a desert pool with cattle for one's bathmen ; but it would be well if these were my only attendants . I have gone barely fifty yards when a sound like the striking - up of a church ...
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