Life in AsiaSilver, Burdett & Company, 1898 - 328 pages |
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... gives Asia every possible variety of climate . The low northern plain is very cold . Along the Arctic shores the ground is frozen much of the year . There is a short summer , during which a thin growth of moss springs up , and herds of ...
... gives Asia every possible variety of climate . The low northern plain is very cold . Along the Arctic shores the ground is frozen much of the year . There is a short summer , during which a thin growth of moss springs up , and herds of ...
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... give to the mon- key the first place in our list . This is because monkeys are held in great reverence by the Hindus , and are very numerous in all parts of India . There are many different kinds of monkeys , and , as we shall see a ...
... give to the mon- key the first place in our list . This is because monkeys are held in great reverence by the Hindus , and are very numerous in all parts of India . There are many different kinds of monkeys , and , as we shall see a ...
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... gives place to the noise and tumult of a great busy town . The popu- " At four o'clock a fresh change is seen . lation retire from The Fort with greater haste than they used in entering it ; the carriages are filled ; horse- men ride ...
... gives place to the noise and tumult of a great busy town . The popu- " At four o'clock a fresh change is seen . lation retire from The Fort with greater haste than they used in entering it ; the carriages are filled ; horse- men ride ...
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... give precedence to those of a higher caste . When a low caste man is walking in the street he must be careful lest even his shadow should fall on a Brahmin , as that would defile the high caste man . A good story , proving the rigid ...
... give precedence to those of a higher caste . When a low caste man is walking in the street he must be careful lest even his shadow should fall on a Brahmin , as that would defile the high caste man . A good story , proving the rigid ...
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... give it to him . There are thousands of villages all over southern India . They never change in size , for , like bees in a hive , as soon as the village increases beyond the cus- tomary number , the people separate and start a new ...
... give it to him . There are thousands of villages all over southern India . They never change in size , for , like bees in a hive , as soon as the village increases beyond the cus- tomary number , the people separate and start a new ...
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ancient animal Arabia Arabs Asia bamboo bazaars beautiful Bedouins Benares boats Bombay Brahmin buildings built Calcutta called camel canals capital caravan Caspian Sea Ceylon China Chinaman Chinese cloth coast commerce covered crossed crowded curious customs Delhi desert dress East elephant emperor empire English enter famous feet fertile flowers foreign gardens gold harbor Himalayas Hindu horses houses Hung Chang important India interesting island Japan Japanese journey Kioto Kobé Korea land large number Li Hung Chang magnificent Mecca Mogul Mogul Empire Mohammedan mosques mountains nations native palaces palm Parsees pass Peacock Throne Peking Persia plain port priests railroad rice rich river road Russian sacred seen ships shops Siam Siberia side sight silk soon steamers stone story strange streets surrounded temples thousand Tibet Tientsin Tokio town trade traveler trees tribes villages walls whole worship Yokohama
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Page 281 - 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 81 - Hindoos from every province where the Brahminical faith was known. Hundreds of devotees came thither every month to die ; for it was believed that a peculiarly happy fate awaited the man who should pass from the sacred city into the sacred river. Nor was superstition the only motive which allured strangers to that great metropolis. Commerce had as many 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...
Page 101 - 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 25 - To him the palm is a gift divine, Wherein all uses of man combine — House and raiment, and food and wine ! And, in the hour of his great release, His need of the palm shall only cease With the shroud wherein he lieth in peace.
Page 81 - 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 81 - 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 259 - 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 78 - 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 129 - I remember, four white elephants, wrought in 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.
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