The Abode of Snow: Observations on a Tour from Chinese Tibet to the Indian Caucasus, Through the Upper Valleys of the HimalaysG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1875 - 380 էջ |
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Արդյունքներ 53–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... mile to the inch sheets of the Trigonometrical Survey , than in any map which it would be advisable for me to prepare . At the same time , I have marked my route carefully in the map which I present ; I have PREFACE . xi.
... mile to the inch sheets of the Trigonometrical Survey , than in any map which it would be advisable for me to prepare . At the same time , I have marked my route carefully in the map which I present ; I have PREFACE . xi.
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... miles from his log - cabin , rushed back in consternation to his wife and exclaimed , " Pack thee up , Martha - pack thee up ; it's getting altogether too crowded hereabouts . " The annoyance which this worthy complained of is very ...
... miles from his log - cabin , rushed back in consternation to his wife and exclaimed , " Pack thee up , Martha - pack thee up ; it's getting altogether too crowded hereabouts . " The annoyance which this worthy complained of is very ...
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... routes over the vast plains of Hindústhan there is no necessity now for riding twenty miles a day from bungalow to bungalow , or rolling tediously in a " palki gharri " over the interminable Grand Trunk Road 4 THE ABODE OF SNOW .
... routes over the vast plains of Hindústhan there is no necessity now for riding twenty miles a day from bungalow to bungalow , or rolling tediously in a " palki gharri " over the interminable Grand Trunk Road 4 THE ABODE OF SNOW .
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... miles of it , in the island of Sal- sette , at the little - visited Buddhist caves of Kanhari , the traveller will ... mile an hour , as was the case only a few years ago ; yet he has only to stop at the picturesquely - situated bungalow ...
... miles of it , in the island of Sal- sette , at the little - visited Buddhist caves of Kanhari , the traveller will ... mile an hour , as was the case only a few years ago ; yet he has only to stop at the picturesquely - situated bungalow ...
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... miles , chiefly on a basalt bed , through a series of rocky clefts and valley basins . If the traveller has come straight from Bombay , he will feel inclined to halt at Jabalpúr ( Jubbulpore ) after his ride of twenty - six hours ; but ...
... miles , chiefly on a basalt bed , through a series of rocky clefts and valley basins . If the traveller has come straight from Bombay , he will feel inclined to halt at Jabalpúr ( Jubbulpore ) after his ride of twenty - six hours ; but ...
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The Abode of Snow: Observations on a Tour from Chinese Tibet to the Indian ... Andrew Wilson Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1886 |
The Abode of Snow: Observations on a Journey from Chinese Tibet to the ... Andrew Wilson Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1876 |
The Abode of Snow: Observations on a Journey from Chinese Tibet to the ... Andrew Wilson Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1876 |
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afford Afghan allow appearance beautiful bigarries Bombay bridge Bussahir camp carried Chinese Tibet Chota Khan cold coolies cross Dárjiling dark day's journey deodar descend elevated English European feet high glacier gorge Government granite ground height hills Himáliya Hindú Kúsh Hindústhan horse houses human immense India Indus jhúla Kafiristan Kailas Kashmir kind Kotgarh Kunáwar Kúng-ma Lahaul lake Lama Lassa Lío Porgyúl look Lord Lord Northbrook Masúri matter means miles Moravian morning mountains Nako Namgea Narbada native nearly névé night officers Pagell Pangay Panjáb pass path plains polyandry ponies precipices province range reach religion river road rock rope route scene season servants Shipki side Simla slopes snow snowy peaks Spiti Spiti pony Srinagar steep stones stream summit Súrú Sutlej valley Tartar tent Terai Tibetan Tibetan language Tibetan mastiffs tion traveller trees village wild wind yaks Yarkund Zanskar