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Page 28
... Khiva , the desert is about three hundred and fifty miles in breadth ; and to the south of Khiva again , the Caspian desert unites with the Kara Kum ( lying to the south of the Oxus ) , extending inland in an unbroken waste of sand ...
... Khiva , the desert is about three hundred and fifty miles in breadth ; and to the south of Khiva again , the Caspian desert unites with the Kara Kum ( lying to the south of the Oxus ) , extending inland in an unbroken waste of sand ...
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... Khiva , by And to Peter - as to every Russian of marching southward along the shores of the present day - central Asia was cov- the Aral Sea to the mouth of the Oxus , eted , not for itself , but as a highway to and thence through the ...
... Khiva , by And to Peter - as to every Russian of marching southward along the shores of the present day - central Asia was cov- the Aral Sea to the mouth of the Oxus , eted , not for itself , but as a highway to and thence through the ...
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... Khiva alone remained independent . But in 1873 the command was at length given from St. Petersburg for a com- bined attack against this last of the khan- One column was to advance from Tashkent by Samarkand and Bokhara , and thence ...
... Khiva alone remained independent . But in 1873 the command was at length given from St. Petersburg for a com- bined attack against this last of the khan- One column was to advance from Tashkent by Samarkand and Bokhara , and thence ...
Contents
THE PORTRAIT OF A PAINTER BY HIM | 14 |
THE MEETINGPLACE | 23 |
Andersen Hans Christian Letters | 28 |
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