The Abode of Snow: Observations on a Journey from Chinese Tibet to the Indian Caucasus, Through the Upper Valleys of the HimalayaW. Blackwood and Sons, 1875 - 475 էջ |
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... Marches to Shipki , 189 CHAPTER XXI . OVER LÍO PORGYÚL . The upper valley route - A jhúla or twig - bridge - Lord Elgin's death --Chota Khan's terror - An intrepid dame - Farewell to the Sutlej -Gyumúr - The hereditary executioner ...
... Marches to Shipki , 189 CHAPTER XXI . OVER LÍO PORGYÚL . The upper valley route - A jhúla or twig - bridge - Lord Elgin's death --Chota Khan's terror - An intrepid dame - Farewell to the Sutlej -Gyumúr - The hereditary executioner ...
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... Marches , CHAPTER XXXVIII . THE OMBA PASS . Difficulty of descending on Kashmir - Kartse - Sankú - Omba - A big hill - Fugitive coolies - Snow blindness - Height of the pass - A dilemma A double pass - Darkness - Another pony - An awful ...
... Marches , CHAPTER XXXVIII . THE OMBA PASS . Difficulty of descending on Kashmir - Kartse - Sankú - Omba - A big hill - Fugitive coolies - Snow blindness - Height of the pass - A dilemma A double pass - Darkness - Another pony - An awful ...
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... of Chakraota , connects the two places , and can be traversed in fourteen easy marches , which afford very good preliminary experience for a tour in the Himálaya . CHAPTER IV . RÚRKI , HARDWAR , AND THE TERAI 24 THE ABODE OF SNOW .
... of Chakraota , connects the two places , and can be traversed in fourteen easy marches , which afford very good preliminary experience for a tour in the Himálaya . CHAPTER IV . RÚRKI , HARDWAR , AND THE TERAI 24 THE ABODE OF SNOW .
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... marches from Masúri ; and finally , by a fortunate contract for supplying Indian railways with sleepers from the woods of the Himalaya , he had made so much money that it was currently believed at Masúri when I was there that he was ...
... marches from Masúri ; and finally , by a fortunate contract for supplying Indian railways with sleepers from the woods of the Himalaya , he had made so much money that it was currently believed at Masúri when I was there that he was ...
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... marches on which there are no villages to afford supplies . This route to Wangtú Bridge is only four- teen marches , and that place is so near to Chini and the Indian Kailas that the tourist might visit these latter in a few days from ...
... marches on which there are no villages to afford supplies . This route to Wangtú Bridge is only four- teen marches , and that place is so near to Chini and the Indian Kailas that the tourist might visit these latter in a few days from ...
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