Travels in the Regions of the Upper and Lower Amoor, and the Russian Acquisitions on the Confines of India and China: With Adventures Among the Mountain Kirghis, and the Manjours, Manyargs, Toungouz, Touzemtz, Goldi, and Gelyaks : the Hunting and Pastoral TribesHurst and Blackett, 1860 - 570 Seiten |
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Seite 229 - The guide watched these proceedings with great interest, but when he beheld us enter the gloomy cave he was horrified. Having proceeded about twenty paces, the noise caused by the falling water became fearful, and a damp chilling blast met us. Beyond this point the cavern extended both in width and height, but I could form no idea of its dimensions. We cautiously groped our way on ; and as my eyes gradually became more accustomed to the gloom, I could distinguish the broken floor and the rushing...
Seite 52 - ... urged me to be gone. Having resumed my saddle, we rode on for several hours, but there was no change of scene. One spot was so like another, that we seemed to make no progress ; and though we had gone over a considerable distance, nothing could be observed to indicate that we were drawing near a grassy region. No landmark was visible, no rock protruded through the sterile soil ; neither thorny shrub, nor flowering plant, appeared, to indicate the approach to a habitable region. All around was...