The Travels and Adventures of Celebrated Travelers ...Howe, 1856 - 832 pages |
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... China the greatest of all countries ; or had Turkey been the scene of our rearing , we should have considered the most agreeable position in life , the cross - legged ; perhaps have been gladdened with a whole regiment of wives , would ...
... China the greatest of all countries ; or had Turkey been the scene of our rearing , we should have considered the most agreeable position in life , the cross - legged ; perhaps have been gladdened with a whole regiment of wives , would ...
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... Chinese borders - Banished Mandarins- Tomsk - Silver Mines - Irkutsk - Boat Voyage down the Lena - Yakouta Hunters - Singular Custom- Dreary Journey - Incredible Gluttony - Hardships-- Desolate Scene - Life at Nishney Kolymsk - Fair ...
... Chinese borders - Banished Mandarins- Tomsk - Silver Mines - Irkutsk - Boat Voyage down the Lena - Yakouta Hunters - Singular Custom- Dreary Journey - Incredible Gluttony - Hardships-- Desolate Scene - Life at Nishney Kolymsk - Fair ...
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... CHINA . SKETCH of China - Peculiar Civilization - Industry - Chinese mind - Gambling - Government , Patriarchal - Great wall - Life in a Chinese city - Police - Brilliant appearance of the streets and Shops Shop Signs - Merchants ...
... CHINA . SKETCH of China - Peculiar Civilization - Industry - Chinese mind - Gambling - Government , Patriarchal - Great wall - Life in a Chinese city - Police - Brilliant appearance of the streets and Shops Shop Signs - Merchants ...
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... Chinese ladies - Other curious Fancies - Marriage and Funeral Ceremonies - Chinese Character Page 174 · NO . VII - LYNCH'S EXPEDITION TO THE DEAD SEA . CURIOSITY respecting the Dead Sea - Departure of the Expedition - St . Jean D'Acre ...
... Chinese ladies - Other curious Fancies - Marriage and Funeral Ceremonies - Chinese Character Page 174 · NO . VII - LYNCH'S EXPEDITION TO THE DEAD SEA . CURIOSITY respecting the Dead Sea - Departure of the Expedition - St . Jean D'Acre ...
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... Chinese do . - Dancing Girls - Morning on the Upper Nile - Villages -Tombs of Beni Hassan - Boatmen of the Nile - Siout - Slave Boat - Melancholy spectacle - Temple of Dendera - Keneh - Ruins of Thebes - their vastness - Temples of ...
... Chinese do . - Dancing Girls - Morning on the Upper Nile - Villages -Tombs of Beni Hassan - Boatmen of the Nile - Siout - Slave Boat - Melancholy spectacle - Temple of Dendera - Keneh - Ruins of Thebes - their vastness - Temples of ...
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