Patriots and Filibusters, Or, Incidents of Political and Exploratory TravelW. Blackwood, 1860 - 242 pages An account of his first trip in the Circassia and his travels through the southern states of America. --Dict. nat. biog., vol. XLII. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 35
Page vii
... expedition — Kirghiz co - operation - Slave - deal- ing with Khiva - Mouths of the Jaxartes - The Desert of Oust Ourt - Route from the Caspian to Khiva -- Negotiations with the Turcomans - Mouraviev's mission - Character of the ...
... expedition — Kirghiz co - operation - Slave - deal- ing with Khiva - Mouths of the Jaxartes - The Desert of Oust Ourt - Route from the Caspian to Khiva -- Negotiations with the Turcomans - Mouraviev's mission - Character of the ...
Page 3
... expedition into a more remote part of the country . Abkhasia itself was at that time a frontier province of Russia , lying between Mingrelia and the inde- pendent tribes of the Caucasus . With a population partly Mohammedan and partly ...
... expedition into a more remote part of the country . Abkhasia itself was at that time a frontier province of Russia , lying between Mingrelia and the inde- pendent tribes of the Caucasus . With a population partly Mohammedan and partly ...
Page 5
... expedition to his northern residence at Souksou , and an opportunity would thus be afforded of visiting a new part of his territory . Meantime Abkhasia was becoming a place of con- siderable resort . On my first arrival I had found it ...
... expedition to his northern residence at Souksou , and an opportunity would thus be afforded of visiting a new part of his territory . Meantime Abkhasia was becoming a place of con- siderable resort . On my first arrival I had found it ...
Page 14
... expedition into the interior , as the principal chief in the district was an old friend . Var- dan is situated about sixty miles farther up the coast than Gagra , and is a somewhat important place among Circassians , as it boasts an ...
... expedition into the interior , as the principal chief in the district was an old friend . Var- dan is situated about sixty miles farther up the coast than Gagra , and is a somewhat important place among Circassians , as it boasts an ...
Page 16
... expedition up the valley . We followed the banks of a clear sparkling stream , full of trout , to a village where the female inhabitants peered curiously out of chinks in their doors at us ; and then ascended the side of a steep hill ...
... expedition up the valley . We followed the banks of a clear sparkling stream , full of trout , to a village where the female inhabitants peered curiously out of chinks in their doors at us ; and then ascended the side of a steep hill ...
Other editions - View all
Patriots and Filibusters: Or, Incidents of Political and Exploratory Travel No preview available - 2020 |
Common terms and phrases
Abkhasia Aboulkhair ACCESSORY TRANSIT COMPANY American aouls arrival attempt banks Bashkirs bayou BLACKWOOD AND SONS Blackwood's Magazine Boukhara Captain Caspian character Chepo Circassian civilisation coast Cossacks Costa Ricans cross Crown Octavo Eastern Edition empire Engravings expedition favourable feet FILIBUSTERS Foolscap 8vo force forest formed forts frontier Gagra Government Grenada Greytown horses houses hundred independence influence inhabitants interest Jaxartes journey Karachai Khan Khiva Kirghiz konak Leuka little horde ment MESSRS BLACKWOOD miles Mingrelia mountains native negro neighbouring never Nicaragua night object Octavo Omer Pasha Orenburg Panama party passed Persia plantations political population possession Post Octavo present Prince province rendered Rivas river route Russian army scarcely scene Sea of Aral sent shores slaves Souchoum Kaleh steamers Steppes stream success tion town transit traveller trees tribes troops Turcomans Turkish Ubooch valley village volostes Vols Volumes Walker woods
Popular passages
Page 234 - Stand like Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic, Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms. Loud from its rocky caverns, the deep-voiced neighboring ocean Speaks, and in accents disconsolate answers the wail of the forest.
Page 150 - Soon were lost in a maze of sluggish and devious waters, Which, like a network of steel, extended in every direction. Over their heads the towering and tenebrous boughs of the cypress Met in a dusky arch, and trailing mosses in mid air Waved like banners that hang on the walls of ancient cathedrals.
Page 10 - Lives of the Queens of Scotland, and English Princesses connected with the Regal Succession of Great Britain.
Page 9 - Religion in Common Life. A Sermon preached in Crathie Church, October 14, 1855, before Her Majesty the Queen and Prince Albert. Published by Her Majesty's Command. Cheap Edition, 3d.
Page 13 - The Geology of Pennsylvania. A Government survey, with a general view of the Geology of the United States, Essays on the Coal Formation and its Fossils, and a description of the Coal Fields of North America and Great Britain.
Page 150 - THIS is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand like Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic, Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms.
Page 10 - ALISON. History of Europe. By Sir ARCHIBALD ALISON. Bart., DCL 1. From the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Battle of Waterloo. LIBRARY EDITION, 14 vols., with Portraits. Demy 8vo, £10, 10s.
Page 11 - He goes to work upon the only true principle, and produces a picture that At once satisfies truth, arrests the memory, and fills the imagination. It will be difficult to lay hands on any book of the kind more useful and more entertaining.
Page 1 - NARRATIVE OF THE EARL OF ELGIN'S MISSION TO CHINA AND JAPAN. By LAURENCE OLIPHANT, Private Secretary to Lord Elgin. Illustrated with numerous Engravings in Chromo-Lithography, Maps, and Engravings on Wood, from Original Drawings and Photographs. Second Edition. In 2 vols.
Page 10 - Edition, 7s. 6d., bound. ATLAS TO ALISON'S HISTORY OF EUROPE; Containing 109 Maps and Plans of Countries, Battles, Sieges, and Sea-Fights. Constructed by A.