The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany, Volume 21Wm. H. Allen & Company, 1826 |
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... village lay on the right shore of the bay , in the midst of a thick forest ; and on this spot Sevastopol was built , which now contains above 20,000 inhabitants , mostly soldiers and sailors . The town is seated on the declivity of a ...
... village lay on the right shore of the bay , in the midst of a thick forest ; and on this spot Sevastopol was built , which now contains above 20,000 inhabitants , mostly soldiers and sailors . The town is seated on the declivity of a ...
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... villages , which pay a tithe of their produce . We alighted at the house of the chief of one of those villages , who received us with the utmost hospitality . The place is delightfully situated , and the mosque is embosomed in a grove ...
... villages , which pay a tithe of their produce . We alighted at the house of the chief of one of those villages , who received us with the utmost hospitality . The place is delightfully situated , and the mosque is embosomed in a grove ...
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... village ; and , after about an hour's ride , reached the end of the valley ; and again ascended a steep hill , called Mount Aii . We were now in the higher regions , the Tshatur - dag alone , with his cloud - capped sum- mit , being a ...
... village ; and , after about an hour's ride , reached the end of the valley ; and again ascended a steep hill , called Mount Aii . We were now in the higher regions , the Tshatur - dag alone , with his cloud - capped sum- mit , being a ...
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... village , surrounded by gardens and fruit - trees , seems like a delightful oasis in the midst of it . We proceeded towards Kutshuk - koi , on a path even more dangerous than the preceding . At about four wersts from the village , we ...
... village , surrounded by gardens and fruit - trees , seems like a delightful oasis in the midst of it . We proceeded towards Kutshuk - koi , on a path even more dangerous than the preceding . At about four wersts from the village , we ...
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... village , was anciently called Jalita , and was famous for its extensive commerce . On a steep hill behind it are the ruins of a fort , destroyed by an earthquake in the fifteenth century ; and this is all that now remains of a once ...
... village , was anciently called Jalita , and was famous for its extensive commerce . On a steep hill behind it are the ruins of a fort , destroyed by an earthquake in the fifteenth century ; and this is all that now remains of a once ...
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Page 281 - booty recovered at that place cannot be distributed upon the principle of actual capture, and ought, therefore, to be divided amongst the forces of all the presidencies engaged in the combined operations of the campaign. 4. With respect to the booty recovered at Poonah, alleged to have been removed thither from
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Page 305 - W. to S. 50° E. Clouds hang about it. " At this altitude the atmosphere exhibited that remarkable dark appearance which has been often observed in elevated situations. The sun shone like an orb of fire, without the least haze. At night, the part of the horizon where the moon was expected to rise, could scarcely be distinguished before the limb