Siberia in Asia: a visit to the valley of the Yenesay1882 |
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... , or 204 miles , in twelve stages , which we accomplished in thirty - nine hours . The country was gently undulating , well wooded , with numerous villages . We spent a couple of days at Tyu - main 18 CHAP . II . SIBERIA IN ASIA .
... , or 204 miles , in twelve stages , which we accomplished in thirty - nine hours . The country was gently undulating , well wooded , with numerous villages . We spent a couple of days at Tyu - main 18 CHAP . II . SIBERIA IN ASIA .
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Henry Seebohm. We spent a couple of days at Tyu - main ' enjoying the hospitality of Mr. Wardroper , a Scotch engineer ; with him we visited M. Ignatieff , and lunched at his house with some of the merchants of this thriving place . The ...
Henry Seebohm. We spent a couple of days at Tyu - main ' enjoying the hospitality of Mr. Wardroper , a Scotch engineer ; with him we visited M. Ignatieff , and lunched at his house with some of the merchants of this thriving place . The ...
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... couple of Redpoles in his presence , and gave him a Bullfinch to try his hand on . With a little help and instruction he made a tolerable skin of it . We afterwards skinned a few birds together at various stations on the journey , and ...
... couple of Redpoles in his presence , and gave him a Bullfinch to try his hand on . With a little help and instruction he made a tolerable skin of it . We afterwards skinned a few birds together at various stations on the journey , and ...
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... couple of light sledges , mere skeletons of wood covered with open matting . One of them , which Captain Wiggins and I reserved for ourselves , had an apology for a hood . We had arrived at Yen - e - saisk ' in a hard frost , but before ...
... couple of light sledges , mere skeletons of wood covered with open matting . One of them , which Captain Wiggins and I reserved for ourselves , had an apology for a hood . We had arrived at Yen - e - saisk ' in a hard frost , but before ...
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... couple of days after leaving that town we thought we had fairly beaten it , but we had not been two days in Yen - e - saisk ' before it overtook us again . We had no absolute rain , however , until we reached the entrance to the Kah ...
... couple of days after leaving that town we thought we had fairly beaten it , but we had not been two days in Yen - e - saisk ' before it overtook us again . We had no absolute rain , however , until we reached the entrance to the Kah ...
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