From Peking to PetersburgE. Arnold, 1899 - 300 pàgines |
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Pàgina 3
... steamer lines . From Shanghai you take a local English - managed steam- ship , and , if you select it with good local advice , you will get food , liquor , and accommodation nearly as good as on the best mail lines . That steamer will ...
... steamer lines . From Shanghai you take a local English - managed steam- ship , and , if you select it with good local advice , you will get food , liquor , and accommodation nearly as good as on the best mail lines . That steamer will ...
Pàgina 29
... steamers sailing from China ports to Odessa ; but it is still very great , there being several Russian firms estab- lished at Kalgan for the purpose of examining , re- packing and forwarding the tea and other products that come up from ...
... steamers sailing from China ports to Odessa ; but it is still very great , there being several Russian firms estab- lished at Kalgan for the purpose of examining , re- packing and forwarding the tea and other products that come up from ...
Pàgina 59
... steamer by which I travelled to Shanghai were two English railway engineers going to China for survey work . At Shanghai the people were full of railway schemes . At Peking I found an English Member of Parliament waiting there to obtain ...
... steamer by which I travelled to Shanghai were two English railway engineers going to China for survey work . At Shanghai the people were full of railway schemes . At Peking I found an English Member of Parliament waiting there to obtain ...
Pàgina 124
... steamers , have planted branches north , south , and east , and have made still more money . There is , probably , in all the world , no other town that is at once so little known , so small , and so full of wealth . In Kiakhta and ...
... steamers , have planted branches north , south , and east , and have made still more money . There is , probably , in all the world , no other town that is at once so little known , so small , and so full of wealth . In Kiakhta and ...
Pàgina 132
... 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 mounted mes- senger preceded him to ...
... 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 mounted mes- senger preceded him to ...
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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.
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