 ... city is concealed. I have not been inside the city, but I have seen its walls distinctly from the sandy ridges in the vicinity. I was afraid to go amongst the ruins because of the bogs around and the venomous insects and snakes in the reeds. I was...  From Kulja, Across the Tian Shan to Lob-Nor - Page 25by Nikolaĭ Mikhaĭlovich Przhevalʹskiĭ - 1879 - 251 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1877 - 556 pages
...venomous insects and snakes in the reeds. I was camped about them for several days with a party of Lop shepherds, who were here pasturing their cattle. Besides, it is a notorious fact that people who do go among the ruins almost always die, because they cannot resist the temptation to steal the gold and... | |
 | Sir Thomas Douglas Forsyth - 1875 - 654 pages
...in the vicinity. I was afraid to go amongst the ruins because of the bogs around, and the venemous insects and snakes in the reeds. I was camped about...steal the gold and precious things stored there." " You may doubt it, but everybody here knows that what I say is true; and there are hundreds of Kalmáks... | |
 | Sir Thomas Douglas Forsyth - 1887 - 310 pages
...venomous insects and snakes in the reeds. I was camped about them for several days with a party of Lop shepherds, who were here, pasturing their cattle....Besides, it is a notorious fact that people who do go among the ruins almost always die, because they cannot resist the temptation to steal the gold and... | |
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