Life in AsiaSilver Burdett, 1897 - 328 pages |
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... Asia and the effect of their customs and industries upon the barbarian inhabitants of that continent have been carefully traced , and are a most interesting study . At the present time , however , Asia is far 16 THE WORLD AND ITS PEOPLE .
... Asia and the effect of their customs and industries upon the barbarian inhabitants of that continent have been carefully traced , and are a most interesting study . At the present time , however , Asia is far 16 THE WORLD AND ITS PEOPLE .
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... interesting than that of India . Every boy and girl has read stories of jungle life , and is familiar with the names and characteristics of the principal animals of the Indian Empire . Although the elephant and the tiger are more im ...
... interesting than that of India . Every boy and girl has read stories of jungle life , and is familiar with the names and characteristics of the principal animals of the Indian Empire . Although the elephant and the tiger are more im ...
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... interesting stories are told of the habits of these animals . In some towns , especially where Hindus are numer- ous , the shopkeepers suffer great losses because of thievish monkeys always on the alert to seize anything left ...
... interesting stories are told of the habits of these animals . In some towns , especially where Hindus are numer- ous , the shopkeepers suffer great losses because of thievish monkeys always on the alert to seize anything left ...
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... interesting cities , learn something of the manners and customs of its strange peoples , and look with wonder upon its splendid palaces , temples , and tombs . CHAPTER III . THE WESTERN GATE OF INDIA . STATELY Bombay is the second city ...
... interesting cities , learn something of the manners and customs of its strange peoples , and look with wonder upon its splendid palaces , temples , and tombs . CHAPTER III . THE WESTERN GATE OF INDIA . STATELY Bombay is the second city ...
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... interesting quarters of the city — known as " The Fort . " It is in reality the business section , and during business hours is a scene of incessant activity . Here is transacted the immense trade in cot- ton and other staples for which ...
... interesting quarters of the city — known as " The Fort . " It is in reality the business section , and during business hours is a scene of incessant activity . Here is transacted the immense trade in cot- ton and other staples for which ...
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ancient Arabia Arabs Asia Asia Minor bamboo bazaars beautiful Bedouins Benares boats Bombay Brahmin buildings built Calcutta called camel canal capital caravan Ceylon China Chinaman Chinese coast commerce covered cross crowded curious customs Damascus Delhi desert distance dress East elephant emperor empire English enter famous feet fertile flowers foreign Ganges gardens Gate gold harbor Himalayas Hindu horses houses hundred miles Hung Chang important India interesting island Jaffa Jaffa Gate Japan Japanese journey Kioto Korea land large number Li Hung Chang magnificent Mecca Mogul Mogul Empire Mohammedan mosques mountains nations native northern palaces palm Parsees pass Peking peninsula Persia plain port railroad rice rich river road Russian sacred seen shores Siberia side sight silk soon steamers stone story streets surrounded temples thousand Tibet Tokio town trade traveler trees tribes valleys villages walls whole worship Yokohama
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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.