A dictionary, geographical, statistical, and historical, of the various countries, places, and principal natural objects in the world, Volume 1 |
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Page 170
... Manchoos ) , to the coasts of the Pacific . It is divided from the desert by the Khing - khan mountains , which on the side of the desert are destitute of wood , but towards Manchooria are covered with fine forest - trees , among which ...
... Manchoos ) , to the coasts of the Pacific . It is divided from the desert by the Khing - khan mountains , which on the side of the desert are destitute of wood , but towards Manchooria are covered with fine forest - trees , among which ...
Page 178
... Manchoos ( Gmelin , Flor . Sib . i . 50. ) ; but their size is diminutive , their vegetation languid ; nor are they met with in any other district N. of the Altai Moun- tains . ( Pallas , Flor . Russ . i . 3. ) Yet the well watered ...
... Manchoos ( Gmelin , Flor . Sib . i . 50. ) ; but their size is diminutive , their vegetation languid ; nor are they met with in any other district N. of the Altai Moun- tains . ( Pallas , Flor . Russ . i . 3. ) Yet the well watered ...
Page 191
... Man- choos , and like it , too , written from top to bottom . A Hindoo alphabet has also been recently discovered among ... Manchoos , Chinese , and Ja- over - rating its real authenticity ; for it would panese . It would appear , also ...
... Man- choos , and like it , too , written from top to bottom . A Hindoo alphabet has also been recently discovered among ... Manchoos , Chinese , and Ja- over - rating its real authenticity ; for it would panese . It would appear , also ...
Page 192
... Manchoos , sometimes called also Manshurs and Manjurs . These are the present lords of China , of which their parent country constitutes but a dependency , though a favoured one . Those that are seen in China are not always easily ...
... Manchoos , sometimes called also Manshurs and Manjurs . These are the present lords of China , of which their parent country constitutes but a dependency , though a favoured one . Those that are seen in China are not always easily ...
Page 193
... Manchoos of China are in reality , in a great measure , a mixed race . In- habiting a more genial climate and a better soil than the Mongols or Western Tartars , the Man- choos are a more civilised people than the lat- ter . They have ...
... Manchoos of China are in reality , in a great measure , a mixed race . In- habiting a more genial climate and a better soil than the Mongols or Western Tartars , the Man- choos are a more civilised people than the lat- ter . They have ...
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