The Mystic Flowery Land: A Personal NarrativeLuzac, 1896 - 231 pages |
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... passage , before being inhaled through the long outward - curving stem that is always adorned with knotted silken cords and beaded tassels . The tubular bowl , being so small , only holds sufficient tobacco for two or at the most three ...
... passage , before being inhaled through the long outward - curving stem that is always adorned with knotted silken cords and beaded tassels . The tubular bowl , being so small , only holds sufficient tobacco for two or at the most three ...
Page 32
... he have to worship a friendly spirit , he should place his offerings towards a mansion which contains one of the auspicious objects . " lay through an intricate maze of alleyways and gloomy passages 32 32 THE MYSTIC FLOWERY LAND .
... he have to worship a friendly spirit , he should place his offerings towards a mansion which contains one of the auspicious objects . " lay through an intricate maze of alleyways and gloomy passages 32 32 THE MYSTIC FLOWERY LAND .
Page 33
... passages , infested with low characters and mangy dogs . Presently our guide , who had latterly been keeping quite close ahead of us , again stopped , and , listening intently for a while , bended down and crawled through a round hole ...
... passages , infested with low characters and mangy dogs . Presently our guide , who had latterly been keeping quite close ahead of us , again stopped , and , listening intently for a while , bended down and crawled through a round hole ...
Page 34
... passage , whose walls were hung with weapons of every description , ready for use at any moment . Sliding a panel back , the coolie now led the way into a little dark closet about which he fumbled until he found another movable panel ...
... passage , whose walls were hung with weapons of every description , ready for use at any moment . Sliding a panel back , the coolie now led the way into a little dark closet about which he fumbled until he found another movable panel ...
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... passage , closely followed by myself . For it meant death if we were caught . As we gained the cock - loft we heard the clatter of feet and the cries of our pursuers , as they hurried up from the bottom of the house to intercept our ...
... passage , closely followed by myself . For it meant death if we were caught . As we gained the cock - loft we heard the clatter of feet and the cries of our pursuers , as they hurried up from the bottom of the house to intercept our ...
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