Narrative of a Journey Through the Province of Khorassan and on the N. W. Frontier of Afghanistan in 1875, Band 2W. H. Allen & Company, 1879 |
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... riding in from this place , when a trooper came up to me , with the Surteep's compliments , to ask me to halt here , as he found that the guns would not be able to get beyond this to - day , and he did not think it safe to go on without ...
... riding in from this place , when a trooper came up to me , with the Surteep's compliments , to ask me to halt here , as he found that the guns would not be able to get beyond this to - day , and he did not think it safe to go on without ...
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... riding for not less than some 3,000 miles , and always found it very convenient . The belt , too , with the pistol cartridges so carried , might be made to assume a very pretty appearance , suitable alike to the pomp and circumstance of ...
... riding for not less than some 3,000 miles , and always found it very convenient . The belt , too , with the pistol cartridges so carried , might be made to assume a very pretty appearance , suitable alike to the pomp and circumstance of ...
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... ride with more than one rein ( jilo ) , and this is made , as is shown in the sketch , with a loop at the end , and often a long thong which can be used as a whip . To my mind these reins are far more sensible and serviceable than ours ...
... ride with more than one rein ( jilo ) , and this is made , as is shown in the sketch , with a loop at the end , and often a long thong which can be used as a whip . To my mind these reins are far more sensible and serviceable than ours ...
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... ride them down perhaps , but they would not have it quite their own way . Though these irregular horsemen are ... riding in front with their wives behind them . I rode up to one of these men and asked him if he thought this was a right ...
... ride them down perhaps , but they would not have it quite their own way . Though these irregular horsemen are ... riding in front with their wives behind them . I rode up to one of these men and asked him if he thought this was a right ...
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... riding on donkeys , and wandered at the sweet will of the animals all over the country , and the guns were surrounded by such a throng of donkeys , horses , and camels , as would have made their services utterly inoperative in the event ...
... riding on donkeys , and wandered at the sweet will of the animals all over the country , and the guns were surrounded by such a throng of donkeys , horses , and camels , as would have made their services utterly inoperative in the event ...
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13 WATERLOO PLACE Afghanistan Afghans ascends Asia Astrabad Attruk Baloche Birjund Bostam British Bujnurd called Caspian Chah crossed cultivation Dahna Damghan defile Demy 8vo descends desert Dictionary district drainage drains Durbund Durraguz east easy English farsakhs farsangs farsuk Fcap feet forage frontier fuel gate Ghaeen half a mile half miles Herat hills horse houses howz Hurree Rood Illustrations India Jahjurm Khaf Khan Khiva Khorassan Koochan Koords Kotul Krasnovodsk Kullat Kuveer large village Mahamad main range Merv Military mountains Mushudd Nishapoor Oxus pass Persian plain Post 8vo pretty ride ridge river road goes road is level round route Russian Second Edition Seestan Shah Shahrood side Sketches spur stony stream Subzwar Surrukhs Tehran Thence three miles Toorkmuns Toorks Toorsheez tract Translated Tubbus undulating valley vols W. H. ALLEN waste water and supplies WATERLOO PLACE whence whole
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