Travels in Central Asia: Being the Account of a Journey from Teheran Across the Turkoman Desert on the Eastern Shore of the Caspian to Khiva, Bokhara, and Samarcand ; Performed in the Year 1863Harper & Brothers, 1865 - 493 páginas |
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... miles , on the banks of a stream , to let our beasts drink . The halt awakened my companions , who , still sleep- ily rubbing their eyes , pointed out to me how Tehe- ran was there lying before us to the northeast . I looked about me ...
... miles , on the banks of a stream , to let our beasts drink . The halt awakened my companions , who , still sleep- ily rubbing their eyes , pointed out to me how Tehe- ran was there lying before us to the northeast . I looked about me ...
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... miles from Teheran ) , I only changed my clothes , and , after indulging in a few hours ' repose to atone for my recent sleepless nights , I mounted an ass , hired for an excursion into the country , and in two hours found myself in the ...
... miles from Teheran ) , I only changed my clothes , and , after indulging in a few hours ' repose to atone for my recent sleepless nights , I mounted an ass , hired for an excursion into the country , and in two hours found myself in the ...
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... distance of about an English mile . Never shall I forget the mode in which we embarked . The small tree , in the hollow of which passengers were stowed CHAP . IV . TURKOMAN VESSELS . 57 away , 56 CHAP . IV . TRAVELS IN CENTRAL ASIA .
... distance of about an English mile . Never shall I forget the mode in which we embarked . The small tree , in the hollow of which passengers were stowed CHAP . IV . TURKOMAN VESSELS . 57 away , 56 CHAP . IV . TRAVELS IN CENTRAL ASIA .
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... mile and a half from the mouth . of the Görghen . On both of its banks we saw the encampment of Gömüshtepe , in form like a hundred beehives lying close together . As it had been at Karatepe , so was it also here on account of the ...
... mile and a half from the mouth . of the Görghen . On both of its banks we saw the encampment of Gömüshtepe , in form like a hundred beehives lying close together . As it had been at Karatepe , so was it also here on account of the ...
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... miles ( 120 miles ) . A man on horseback can ford it to a point far below Pisarak ; and even below the Atabegs its depth is not considerable until it comes within eight geographical miles of Gömüshtepe , where its two banks are mere ...
... miles ( 120 miles ) . A man on horseback can ford it to a point far below Pisarak ; and even below the Atabegs its depth is not considerable until it comes within eight geographical miles of Gömüshtepe , where its two banks are mere ...
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