A Visit to Japan, China, and IndiaS. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1877 - 294 pages |
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Page 28
... crossed the parallel of 180 ° longitude opposite the meridian of Greenwich , and consequently Thursday the 21st was ... crossing the Atlantic it is half an hour later ; even with our slow progress on the Pacific , a quarter ; in crossing ...
... crossed the parallel of 180 ° longitude opposite the meridian of Greenwich , and consequently Thursday the 21st was ... crossing the Atlantic it is half an hour later ; even with our slow progress on the Pacific , a quarter ; in crossing ...
Page 48
... crossed a chain of hills , and came down into another plain , also surrounded by lovely hills . After traversing this plain the road ascends a beautiful pass , and then descends to Oats , a large Japanese town , which is situated at the ...
... crossed a chain of hills , and came down into another plain , also surrounded by lovely hills . After traversing this plain the road ascends a beautiful pass , and then descends to Oats , a large Japanese town , which is situated at the ...
Page 77
... crossed by several bridges , and the streets are crowded by an enormous mass of human beings . To one lately arrived from England the scene is most striking and interesting . The town is dirty , but hardly so dirty as the native city of ...
... crossed by several bridges , and the streets are crowded by an enormous mass of human beings . To one lately arrived from England the scene is most striking and interesting . The town is dirty , but hardly so dirty as the native city of ...
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