Life in AsiaSilver Burdett, 1897 - 328 pages |
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Page 48
... carry a mattress and some bedding , as he finds , in the hotels and dâk bungalows where he is to stay , that only a bedstead is provided . The dâk bungalows , or wayside inns , were built by the English government for the accommodation ...
... carry a mattress and some bedding , as he finds , in the hotels and dâk bungalows where he is to stay , that only a bedstead is provided . The dâk bungalows , or wayside inns , were built by the English government for the accommodation ...
Page 50
... carrying poles instead of wheels . The palanquin is frequently seen in narrow city streets where carriages are never allowed to go . In days gone by elephants were much used for bear- ing burdens , and , especially in all great ...
... carrying poles instead of wheels . The palanquin is frequently seen in narrow city streets where carriages are never allowed to go . In days gone by elephants were much used for bear- ing burdens , and , especially in all great ...
Page 61
... carrying richly embroidered parasols to protect their masters from the sun . Such was the sight which met the eye of the stranger as he approached the gate of the palace . But no sooner had he entered the walls than all the joys of ...
... carrying richly embroidered parasols to protect their masters from the sun . Such was the sight which met the eye of the stranger as he approached the gate of the palace . But no sooner had he entered the walls than all the joys of ...
Page 78
... carry about in a basket or hidden away in their garments . Taking these snakes out of the basket , and placing them on the ground , the snake charmers play weird music upon a curious native instrument , called a tubri . The effect of ...
... carry about in a basket or hidden away in their garments . Taking these snakes out of the basket , and placing them on the ground , the snake charmers play weird music upon a curious native instrument , called a tubri . The effect of ...
Page 90
... carrying fifty tons . It would require a train of more than seven millions of such cars to carry the amount . This train would be sixty - seven thousand miles in length , would reach twice around the earth and leave a sufficient number ...
... carrying fifty tons . It would require a train of more than seven millions of such cars to carry the amount . This train would be sixty - seven thousand miles in length , would reach twice around the earth and leave a sufficient number ...
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Page 309 - BY Nebo's lonely mountain, On this side Jordan's wave, In a vale in the land of Moab There lies a lonely grave. And no man knows that sepulchre, And no man saw it e'er, For the angels of God upturned the sod, And laid the dead man there.
Page 287 - And he looked, and behold, a well in the field, and lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it ; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth.
Page 107 - Hark cannonade, fusillade! is it true what was told by the scout, Outram and Havelock breaking their way through the fell mutineers? Surely the pibroch of Europe is ringing again in our ears! All on a sudden the garrison utter a jubilant shout, Havelock's glorious Highlanders answer with conquering cheers...
Page 31 - What does the good ship bear so well? The cocoa-nut with its stony shell, And the milky sap of its inner cell. What are its jars, so smooth and fine, But hollowed nuts, filled with oil and wine, And the cabbage that ripens under the Line? Who smokes his nargileh, cool and calm? The master, whose cunning and skill could charm Cargo and ship from the bounteous palm.
Page 87 - Asia. It was commonly believed that half a million of human beings was crowded into that labyrinth of lofty alleys rich with shrines, and minarets, and balconies, and carved oriels, to which the sacred apes clung by hundreds. The traveller could...
Page 87 - It was commonly believed that half a million of human beings was crowded into that labyrinth of lofty alleys, rich with shrines and minarets and balconies and carved oriels, to which the sacred apes clung by hundreds. The traveller could scarcely make his way through the press of holy mendicants and not less holy bulls. The broad and stately flights of steps which descended from these swarming haunts to the bathing-places along the Ganges were worn every day by the footsteps of an innumerable multitude...
Page 88 - ... pilgrims as religion. All along the shores of the venerable stream lay great fleets of vessels laden with rich merchandise. From the looms of Benares went forth the most delicate silks that adorned the balls of St. James's and of Versailles, and in the bazaars the muslins of Bengal and the sabres of Oude were mingled with the jewels of Golconda and the shawls of Cashmere.
Page 265 - Now, upon SYRIA'S land of roses * Softly the light of Eve reposes, And, like a glory, the broad sun Hangs over sainted LEBANON, Whose head in wintry grandeur towers, And whitens with eternal sleet, While summer, in a vale of flowers, Is sleeping rosy at his feet.
Page 84 - After which, one of the men, taking a large earthen vessel, with a capacious mouth, filled it with water, and turned it upside down, when all the water flowed out ; but the moment it was placed with the mouth upwards, it always became full. He then emptied it, allowing any one to inspect it who chose. This being done, he desired that one of the party would fill it ; his request was obeyed ; still, when he reversed the jar, not a...
Page 135 - Two thirds the way from the base stand four white elephants, made of shining porcelain, facing one each way toward four points of the compass. From the rounded summit rises, like a needle, a sharp spire. This was the temple tower; and all over the magnificent pile, from the tip of the highest needle to the base, from every prominent angle and projection, there were hanging sweet-toned bells, with little gilded fans attached to their tongues, so swinging that they were vocal in the slightest breeze.