 ... men, women, and children. Among the women, a very pretty one, as I took her hand, kissed me on the cheek. I returned the salute on the lip, and kissed every woman that followed, at which some made faces, but none refused. We returned to the boat,...  Journey to the North of India: Overland from England, Through Russia, Persia ... - Σελίδα 147των Arthur Conolly - 1834Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | William Bingley - 1821 - 374 σελίδες
...on the second of July. Scarcely a breath of air was stirring, and the tide carried the vessel along at the rate of about two miles and a half an hour. The prospects that were presented to his view, in passing up this magnificent stream, were peculiarly... | |
 | 1840 - 1122 σελίδες
...boats. The breadth of the river, as it flows past, may be two hundred yards ; with a current, running at the rate of about two miles and a half an hour. The buildings, intersected by narrow and dirty lanes, are all in a state of dilapidation and decay.... | |
 | 1827 - 184 σελίδες
...the minds of the inhabitants. He and his horse were both galloping, with all their might and main, at the rate of about two miles and a half an hour, and the horse was so shaped and caparisoned as to look very much like a rhinoceros. The rider was dressed... | |
 | 1827 - 156 σελίδες
...the minds of the inhabitants. He and his horse were both galloping, with all their might and main, at the rate of about two miles and a half an hour, and the horse was so shaped and caparisoned as to look very much like a rhinoceros. The rider was dressed... | |
 | Arthur Conolly - 1838
...march nearly two hours for one that they halt : laden camels advance at the rate of about 2| miles an hour, so that, if the number of days' march can...ascertained, the distance may be very nearly guessed. The ordinary communication between the Caspian sea and Karazm is interrupted in summer by the great heats,... | |
 | Thomas Bingley - 1864 - 258 σελίδες
...peculiarly fitted, a strong camel will carry a lead of between 700 and 800 pounds, and travel with it at the rate of about two miles and a half an hour. Its perseverance and powers of abstinence are truly astonishing. In these journeys a single feed of... | |
 | Archibald Forbes - 1871 - 500 σελίδες
...along the straight till you approach another turn, when you repeat the cautious tactics. You get along at the rate of about two miles and a half an hour. If you see anything suspicious, such as the smoke of a camp fire, you cautiously retire your machine... | |
 | John Quincy Adams - 1876 - 562 σελίδες
...faces, but none refused. We returned to the boat, and continued all day our progress through the canal, at the rate of about two miles and a half an hour. I was able to occupy part of the day, morning and afternoon, with writing in this diary. There was... | |
 | John Quincy Adams - 1876 - 560 σελίδες
...faces, but none refused. We returned to the boat, and continued all day our progress through the canal, at the rate of about two miles and a half an hour. I was able to occupy part of the day, morning and afternoon, with writing in this diary. There was... | |
 | Andrew F. Crosse - 1878 - 396 σελίδες
...should get a trot out of our wretched horses, but no, not a step faster would they go. I believe we went at the rate of about two miles and a half an hour. We tried everything — I mean F and I — to get the animals to stretch out over the turf ; but they... | |
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