From Peking to PetersburgE. Arnold, 1899 - 300 pàgines |
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Pàgina 38
... Ourga , the capital of Mongolia , and to Kiakhta , the furthest away Chino - Mongolian town on the Siberian frontier . The work , indeed , is actually in progress . Rough as the road may be , blocked with traffic as it frequently is , I ...
... Ourga , the capital of Mongolia , and to Kiakhta , the furthest away Chino - Mongolian town on the Siberian frontier . The work , indeed , is actually in progress . Rough as the road may be , blocked with traffic as it frequently is , I ...
Pàgina 87
... Ourga as an ornamental body - guard to the Chinese Governor . The Mongols themselves are quite without weapons . Although they live in a country where a considerable amount of game exists , guns of any kind are exceed- ingly rare , and ...
... Ourga as an ornamental body - guard to the Chinese Governor . The Mongols themselves are quite without weapons . Although they live in a country where a considerable amount of game exists , guns of any kind are exceed- ingly rare , and ...
Pàgina 89
... Ourga , where there is one of the ' living Buddhas , ' and to that town , where we stayed for a couple of days , I was informed that no less than 200,000 pilgrims come yearly . That represents nearly ten per cent . of the population of ...
... Ourga , where there is one of the ' living Buddhas , ' and to that town , where we stayed for a couple of days , I was informed that no less than 200,000 pilgrims come yearly . That represents nearly ten per cent . of the population of ...
Pàgina 90
... Ourga a Manchu governor , who is supposed to govern in consultation with a Mongolian prince . The credentials to the lesser headmen are issued by China through the Manchu governor ; beyond that China interferes little . She collects no ...
... Ourga a Manchu governor , who is supposed to govern in consultation with a Mongolian prince . The credentials to the lesser headmen are issued by China through the Manchu governor ; beyond that China interferes little . She collects no ...
Pàgina 91
... Ourga , and a few Russian shop- keepers there are the only Europeans with whom the Mongols come into contact . The respect for Russia is no doubt enhanced by the fact that across the Siberian border of Mongolia there is a large Buriat ...
... Ourga , and a few Russian shop- keepers there are the only Europeans with whom the Mongols come into contact . The respect for Russia is no doubt enhanced by the fact that across the Siberian border of Mongolia there is a large Buriat ...
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Pàgina 24 - VOLUME II. Thornton. A SPORTING TOUR THROUGH THE NORTHERN PARTS OF ENGLAND AND GREAT PART OF THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND. By Colonel T. THORNTON, of Thornville Royal, in Yorkshire. With the Original Illustrations by GARRARD, and other Illustrations and Coloured Plates by GE LODGE. 'Sportsmen of all descriptions will gladly welcome the sumptuous new edition issued by Mr. Edward Arnold of Colonel T. Thornton's Sporting Tour," which has long been a scarce book.
Pàgina 292 - How shall two walk together except they be agreed ? How shall there be true sympathy between a nation whose political activities are world-wide, and one that eats out its heart in merely internal political strife ? When we begin really to look abroad, and to busy ourselves with our duties to the world at large in our generation — and not before — we shall stretch out our hands to Great Britain, realizing that in unity of heart among the Englishspeaking races lies the best hope of humanity in...