Narrative of a Journey Through the Province of Khorassan and on the N. W. Frontier of Afghanistan in 1875, 1. köideW. H. Allen & Company, 1879 |
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Narrative of A Journey Through the Province of Khorassan, and on the N. W ... Charles Metcalfe Macgregor No preview available - 1999 |
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Page 308 - Thirteen Years among the Wild Beasts of India ; their Haunts and Habits, from Personal Observation ; with an account of the Modes of Capturing and Taming Wild Elephants.
Page 308 - This is the best and most practical book on the wild game of Southern and Eastern India that we have read, and displays an extensive acquaintance with natural history.
Page 106 - Lout un peu moins désolant que celui des deserts de la Transoxiane c'est que dans aucune de ses parties l'horizon ne prend la forme monotone d'un immense cercle absoluement régulier, comme c'est le cas dans beaucoup d'endroits de la steppe kirghise. Ici, soit au sud, soit à l'ouest, on voit poindre dans le lointain quelques montagnes, qui, semblables à des nuages bleuâtres, rompent la régularité fatigante de la limite visible de la plaine, et inspirent au voyageur l'assurance consolante qu'il...
Page 251 - ... it be when you are alone ? " Unpleasant as it may be to acknowledge, there is no doubt that the prestige is with Russia ; the general opinion certainly is that they mean to take India, and that they will do so. In Khorassan there is another opinion, which is as prevalent as belief in the Eussians, and that is contempt of the " Kujjur." f This I have heard expressed over and over again, coupled with epithets the reverse of complimentary. So much is this the case that I do not think the Shah need...
Page 144 - You see the sand blown against the wall, gradually getting higher and higher, till it blows over and then forms a mound in the field beyond, which gradually increases its height till all trace of wall and field is lost, and you have before you a sand-heap. I can quite believe now...
Page 16 - I should think they must be, and moving so fast as to be invisible, only I did not say so. There is very excellent grazing in this valley, and a considerable number of excellent mules and Galloways are bred in it, in fact it is the home of most of the muleteers round. During the Abyssinian, campaign many mules were purchased here and high prices given, so much so, that it is said one native gentleman has been enabled to live in affluence ever since on the proceeds of his dealings with our agent.
Page 105 - L'air était chaud, et un vent d'ouest extrêmement violent nous lançait au visage des nuées de poussière fine composée d'argile, de sable et de sel ; ce dernier surtout la rendait insupportable pour les yeux. Heureusement cette bourrasque cessa bientôt, et nous débouchâmes dans une vallée elliptique entourée de monticules et couverte de broussailles, de tamaris et de haloxylon. Elle était sillonnée de traces laissées par le passage des torrents, et quelquesuns de ces sillons étaient...
Page 111 - Koom, comparés au Lout, sont des prairies fertiles. J'ai vu depuis les mornes passages de l'isthme de Suez ; dans beaucoup d'endroits cette region aride semble être frappée de la même stérilité de que le Lout, mais elle ne garde pas ce caractère désolant sur une etendue aussi immense. On y rencontre parfois...
Page 207 - Montrc-moi ton oreffle, je te dirai qui,tu es, <Poii tu viens, et ou tu vas," or, as we should say in English, " Let me see your ear, and I will tell you who you are, where you came from, and where you are going.
Page 264 - Growdoosee, a ruined fort in a very strong position, high above the left bank of a stream, with steep scarped sides. There was formerly a village here, but the Toorkmuns had gradually carried nearly all the inhabitants off. and there were only a few tents round the fort. This could no doubt be made almost impregnable, as it is not commanded, and a short covered way would enable the garrison to procure water from over the cliff. I bivouacked on a little bit of level below, and the inhabitants came...