Overland Through Asia: Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar LifeAmerican publishing Company, 1871 - 608 pages |
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Albazin American Amoor appeared Arctic Ocean Argoon baggage bank barge Blagoveshchensk boat Borasdine cabin Captain Lund carried Castries China Chinese church Cossacks crew deck dinner dogs dozen emperor exiles feet fire fish forest four furs Ghijiga Gilyaks Goldee governor half hills horses hour hundred Igoon Ingodah Irkutsk islands Ispravnik journey Kamchatka Kiachta Koriaks Korsackoff labor ladies Lake Lake Baikal land Manjour merchants miles Mongol morning mountains mouth natives navigation nearly never Nicolayevsk night officers Ohotsk Ousuree passed passengers peasants Petersburg Petropavlovsk poles Posyet priest reached river road roubles Russian Russian America sail Selenga shaman ship shore Siberia side skin sledge sleigh snow Songaree station steamer Straits of Tartary stream tarantass Tartar telegraph thousand tion told town trees twenty valley Variag versts village voyage winter wood yemshick Zeya
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Page 226 - ... keep the word of promise to the ear, and break it to the hope" — we have presumed to court the assistance of the friends of the drama to strengthen our infant institution.
Page 583 - Russia were drawn, previous to the year 1871, from the classes of peasants and artisans, partly and principally by means of a conscription, partly by the adoption of the sons of soldiers, and partly by voluntary enlistment. In January 1871, a law of military re-organisation was sanctioned by the Emperor, which came into force in 1872.
Page 584 - Among the irregular troops of Russia, the most important are the Cossacks. The country of the Don Cossacks contains from 600,000 to 700,000 inhabitants. In case of necessity, every Cossack, from fifteen to sixty years of age, is bound to render military service. The usual regular military force, however, consists of fifty-four cavalry regiments, each numbering 1,044 men, making a total of 56,376.
Page 329 - COMMERCIAL PROGRESS IN CHINA. IN the year 1786 a vessel of three hundred and fifty tons burden sailed from an American port for Canton. She was the first to carry the flag of the United States to the shores of Cathay, and to begin a commerce that has since assumed enormous proportions. European nations had carried on a limited trade with the Chinese before that time, but they were restricted to a single port, and their jealousy of each other prevented their adopting those measures of cooperation...
Page 522 - They have purchased titles to districts controlled by powerful chiefs, and, after being fairly settled, have continued negotiations for more territory. They make use of the hostility between the different tribes, and have managed so that nearly every feud brought advantages to Russia. Under their policy of toleration, they never interfere with the religion of the conquered, and are careful not to awaken prejudices. The tribes in the subjugated territory are left pretty much to their own will. Every...
Page 29 - O'er the horizon's curved rim, — Or to islands of the blest, — He with me and I with him — Outward bound. Nothing but a speck we seem In the waste of waters round, Floating, floating like a dream, — Outward bound.
Page 136 - Thibetans, men, women, and children, cease from all business and assemble in the principal parts of the city and in the public squares. As soon as the groups are formed, every one sits down on the ground, and begins slowly to chant his prayers in an under tone, and this religious concert produces an immense and solemn harmony throughout the city, powerfully affecting to the soul...
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Page 136 - Europe where people would blush to make the sign of the cross in public. The prayer chanted in these evening meetings varies according to the season of the year : that which they recite to the rosary is always the same, and is only composed of six syllables — Om mani, padme houm.