 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 scarcely...  The countries of the world - Page 184by Robert Brown - 1876Full view - About this book
 | 1842 - 576 pages
...sanctity, was among the foremost of Asia. It was commonly believed that half a million of human beings was crowded into that labyrinth of lofty alleys, rich...which descended from these swarming haunts to the bathing-places along the Ganges, were worn every day by the footsteps of an innumerable multitude of... | |
 | Michael Edwardes - 1976 - 228 pages
...shrines, and minarets, and balconies, and carved oriels, to which the sacred apes clung by hundreds. 20 The traveller could scarcely make his way through...which descended from these swarming haunts to the bathing-places along the Ganges were worn every day by the footsteps of an innumerable multitude of... | |
 | 1842 - 574 pages
...and carved oriels, to which the sacred apes clung by hundreds. The traveller could scarcely make nis way through the press of holy mendicants, and not...which descended from these swarming haunts to the bathing-places along the Ganges, were worn every day by the footsteps of an innumerable multitude of... | |
| |
