Publications, Issue 3, Volume 2Royal Asiatic Society, 1836 |
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Page 310
... river Nieper for horsemen , but very steep ; the other is by numerous windings in the mountains above , through forests of fine fruit - trees , such as the plum , the apple , the filbert , & c . These , indeed , are blessed hills ...
... river Nieper for horsemen , but very steep ; the other is by numerous windings in the mountains above , through forests of fine fruit - trees , such as the plum , the apple , the filbert , & c . These , indeed , are blessed hills ...
Page 339
... river close on the right . The road is very surprising and extraordinary , for its asperities and difficulties : it is a narrow pass , on the brink of the river ; along which only one horse at a time can move , and that with great ...
... river close on the right . The road is very surprising and extraordinary , for its asperities and difficulties : it is a narrow pass , on the brink of the river ; along which only one horse at a time can move , and that with great ...
Page 351
... rivers without number ; certainly more than thirty , all flowing down from the Hungarian hills , and speeding towards the Danube . We were told that seven - and - twenty streams , like the great river Oltao , which we crossed in boats ...
... rivers without number ; certainly more than thirty , all flowing down from the Hungarian hills , and speeding towards the Danube . We were told that seven - and - twenty streams , like the great river Oltao , which we crossed in boats ...
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