From Peking to PetersburgE. Arnold, 1899 - 300 pàgines |
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Pàgina 132
... Lake Baikal , where we were to get a steamer , is about 120 miles , and a Kiakhta merchant told us he had once made it in twenty hours of con- tinuous travelling . But he was in haste , travelling in a light vehicle of his own , and a ...
... Lake Baikal , where we were to get a steamer , is about 120 miles , and a Kiakhta merchant told us he had once made it in twenty hours of con- tinuous travelling . But he was in haste , travelling in a light vehicle of his own , and a ...
Pàgina 133
... Lake Baikal , we passed for miles through lands where the woods had all ENTERING SIBERIA 133.
... Lake Baikal , we passed for miles through lands where the woods had all ENTERING SIBERIA 133.
Pàgina 134
... Lake Baikal we were especially unlucky . At Masova the wait , as I have said , was for 134 FROM PEKING TO PETERSBURG.
... Lake Baikal we were especially unlucky . At Masova the wait , as I have said , was for 134 FROM PEKING TO PETERSBURG.
Pàgina 135
... Lake Baikal , a detention of seventy - two hours for eighty miles . Nor was that all . By reason of the fact that it was a public holiday , we could not get at Irkutsk , on the day we arrived , any money from the Russo - Chinese Bank ...
... Lake Baikal , a detention of seventy - two hours for eighty miles . Nor was that all . By reason of the fact that it was a public holiday , we could not get at Irkutsk , on the day we arrived , any money from the Russo - Chinese Bank ...
Pàgina 136
... lake . Lake Baikal is one of the great inland fresh - water seas of the world . It is upwards of 400 miles long , varying in breadth from 10 to 60 , with a total area of 14,500 square miles . It lies 1,500 feet above the sea - level ...
... lake . Lake Baikal is one of the great inland fresh - water seas of the world . It is upwards of 400 miles long , varying in breadth from 10 to 60 , with a total area of 14,500 square miles . It lies 1,500 feet above the sea - level ...
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