Publications, Issue 3, Volume 1, Part 5Royal Asiatic Society, 1834 |
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Page 12
... distance from this port to those of the Persians is three days ' journey , and no more . As they have a gold- mine in this country , they manufacture with its produce the gold brocade which they use for their dresses . The tribute which ...
... distance from this port to those of the Persians is three days ' journey , and no more . As they have a gold- mine in this country , they manufacture with its produce the gold brocade which they use for their dresses . The tribute which ...
Page 30
... distance ; and though the country round the city is flat , without any rising ground , yet the spectator beholds it at a vast interval , particularly when the rays of the rising or setting sun fall upon its cupola . We saw it from a ...
... distance ; and though the country round the city is flat , without any rising ground , yet the spectator beholds it at a vast interval , particularly when the rays of the rising or setting sun fall upon its cupola . We saw it from a ...
Page 78
... distance from the sea . Its distance from Moscow is fifteen hun- dred versts . Its inhabitants are reported as exceedingly malicious , and altogether hard - hearted and unmerciful to the persons who are banished thither , giving them no ...
... distance from the sea . Its distance from Moscow is fifteen hun- dred versts . Its inhabitants are reported as exceedingly malicious , and altogether hard - hearted and unmerciful to the persons who are banished thither , giving them no ...
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