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Page 12
... Herat there is not an Afghan to be seen . The country has been so harried by the Turcomans that it is quite depopulated . Such being the case , can you expect Russia , after getting to Sarakhs , to the point where the Persian and Afghan ...
... Herat there is not an Afghan to be seen . The country has been so harried by the Turcomans that it is quite depopulated . Such being the case , can you expect Russia , after getting to Sarakhs , to the point where the Persian and Afghan ...
Page 14
... Herat . Be it particularly borne in mind that Lessar's surveys have shown that the hardest part of the road lies between India and Herat , not between Herat and Russia . The imaginary mountains , 10,000 or 15,000 feet high , geo ...
... Herat . Be it particularly borne in mind that Lessar's surveys have shown that the hardest part of the road lies between India and Herat , not between Herat and Russia . The imaginary mountains , 10,000 or 15,000 feet high , geo ...
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... Herat by England means the annihilation of all the Rus- sian hopes of an invasion of India . Let the reader imagine that Candahar is the frontier British station ; that between Herat and Candahar is a long lane , so protected on both ...
... Herat by England means the annihilation of all the Rus- sian hopes of an invasion of India . Let the reader imagine that Candahar is the frontier British station ; that between Herat and Candahar is a long lane , so protected on both ...
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CentralAsian Asparagus | 61 |
OF EUROPEAN | 67 |
THE TRIALS OF A COUNTRY PARSON | 95 |
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