From Peking to PetersburgE. Arnold, 1899 - 300 pàgines |
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Pàgina 8
... land that it professes to govern , and of the reason why it fails to govern . Within the walls of Peking , and without books , you can read the past and gauge the future of China . It turns on one point . Who is to repair Peking , and ...
... land that it professes to govern , and of the reason why it fails to govern . Within the walls of Peking , and without books , you can read the past and gauge the future of China . It turns on one point . Who is to repair Peking , and ...
Pàgina 16
... lands . He seems to be in that respect much the same kind of man as Dr. Sven Hedin , whose explorations in Asia have won for him the gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society . Mr. It was , as it seems to me , through certain almost ...
... lands . He seems to be in that respect much the same kind of man as Dr. Sven Hedin , whose explorations in Asia have won for him the gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society . Mr. It was , as it seems to me , through certain almost ...
Pàgina 36
... land is culti- vated , except such parts as are unsuitable for culti- vation . The exception , however , is large , because in the second day's march the country is mountain- ous and poor . Crossing the ridge , one then descends into ...
... land is culti- vated , except such parts as are unsuitable for culti- vation . The exception , however , is large , because in the second day's march the country is mountain- ous and poor . Crossing the ridge , one then descends into ...
Pàgina 117
... land , the sun shone out with welcome heat , and the birch , larch , and pine of the surrounding hills nodded in a wind that was almost warm . It is to the rich grass of the river valley and to the timber on the hills that Ourga ...
... land , the sun shone out with welcome heat , and the birch , larch , and pine of the surrounding hills nodded in a wind that was almost warm . It is to the rich grass of the river valley and to the timber on the hills that Ourga ...
Pàgina 120
... rate at which we traversed it were different . From Ourga onwards we entered a land of hill and valley , of cattle , and occasionally of cereals , where bullocks were more numerous , and where horses were 120 FROM PEKING TO PETERSBURG.
... rate at which we traversed it were different . From Ourga onwards we entered a land of hill and valley , of cattle , and occasionally of cereals , where bullocks were more numerous , and where horses were 120 FROM PEKING TO PETERSBURG.
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