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Page 4 - Our author gives the odd word _Guasmul_ as the French equivalent of Argon. M. Pauthier has first, of Polo's editors, given the true explanation from Ducange. The word appears to have been in use in the Levant among the Franks as a name for the half-breeds sprung from their own unions with...
Page 3 - ... carried. The majority of these mules are black in colour. The Ladakhi mules are mostly brown; they are generally extremely hardy, able to stand great cold, and to do a lot of work on inferior food. Unfortunately they are hard to obtain, as only a very small number are bred, and some are too small to be of much good. The best of all are the Chang Tanis, bought in Leh ; the very fact of their being there shows that they have been able to perform a long march with loads on their backs. They require...
Page 255 - In Kumbum there are about seventy of these " incarnate saints," and Mina-Fuyeh ranks sixth or seventh. He was a liberal-minded man, and told us about the monastery, and told us to go wherever we chose, and take pictures of whatever we wanted. Kumbum itself lies at the junction of two small valleys, one coming "from the east, the other from the south, the buildings lying to the south of the former, while on the north is the " Precious Hill," which keeps off all evil influences.
Page 251 - For," he says, " I had used it daily for years. How is it possible that I should not know it amongst all these others ? " So on with other articles ; his identity was established •without a doubt, and he became the heir to the accumulated property of fifteen former lifetimes. He talks freely of his last lifetime, pointing •out the site of the house in which he lived, and which was burnt down •about two years before his death. " It was," he says, "a far finer house than the one I now occupy.
Page 415 - The borrower must return this item on or before the last date stamped below. If another user places a recall for this item, the borrower will be notifled of the need for an earlier return. Non-receipt of overdue notices does not exempt the borrower from overdue fines.
Page 3 - Lhasa or Chang Tanis ; of these, the former are by far the most taking in appearance, and are mostly very big, standing 14.2 to 15 hands. They are, however, unfitted for a long journey, when grass is likely to be scarce, and only a limited quantity of grain can be carried. The majority of these mules are black in colour. The Ladakhi mules are mostly brown; they are generally extremely hardy, able to stand great cold, and to do a lot of work on inferior food. Unfortunately they are hard to obtain,...
Page 323 - Geographical Society, about sending unprotected Swedish girls to live in out-of-the-way parts of China, had given serious offence. We were assured that unmarried girls were never sent out to stations alone, but were invariably sent to live with a married couple, and every precaution taken to guard them from any danger. At the same time, there is no doubt that Mr. Littledale's intention has been misunderstood, and could this misunderstanding be cleared up, I think it would be all for the better.
Page 384 - ... when, with the grime of our eight months' travel, we suddenly found ourselves in Lady Macdonald's drawing-room. At Peking, which had taken us so long to reach, we could only dwell for three days, for the Gulf of Pechili might be frozen over at any moment. At Tientsin, on arrival at the Globe hotel, we were looked upon with the gravest suspicion, and only with the greatest difficulty did we manage to secure one small room between us. A little later, when our landlord found out who we were, he...
Page 46 - Kerambutabuk nullah where it joins the main Rundore nullah, was a small nomad encampment called Kerinagar. These people lived in some very dirty and dilapidated old tents, and possessed a little grain and a few sheep. Close by was a hill called Chotencheiibo, conspicuous amongst a chain of others.