 Now, such persons as propose to cross the Desert take a week's rest in this town to refresh themselves and their cattle ; and then they make ready for the journey, taking with them a month's supply for man and beast.  From Kulja, Across the Tian Shan to Lob-Nor - Page 135by Nikolaĭ Mikhaĭlovich Przhevalʹskiĭ - 1879 - 251 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Marco Polo - 1871 - 624 pages
...situated between east and north-east. It belongs to the Great Kaan, and the people worship Mahommet. Now, such persons as propose to cross the Desert take...journey, taking with them a month's supply for man and beast. On quitting this city they enter the Desert. The length of this Desert is so great that 'tis... | |
 | 1874 - 418 pages
...situated between east and north-east. It belongs 'to the Great Khan, and the people worship Mahontet. Now, such persons as propose to cross the Desert take...journey, taking with them a month's supply for man and beast. On quitting this city they enter the Desert. "The length of this Desert is so great that 'tis... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1875 - 862 pages
...situated between east and north-east. It belongs to the Great Kaan, and the people worship Mahommet. Now, such persons as propose to cross the Desert take...journey, taking with them a month's supply for man and beast. On quitting this city they enter the Desert. The length of this Desert is so great that 'tis... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1875 - 672 pages
...situated between east and north-east. It belongs to the Great Kaan, and the people worship Mahommet. Now, such persons as propose to cross the Desert take...journey, taking with them a month's supply for man and beast. On quitting this city they enter the Desert. The length of this Desert is so great that 'tis... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1875 - 730 pages
...situated between east and north-east. It belongs to the Great Kaan, and the people worship Mahommet. Now, such persons as propose to cross the Desert take...themselves and their cattle ; and then they make ready tor the journey, taking with them a month's supply for man and beast. On quitting this city they enter... | |
 | Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. North China Branch, Shanghai - 1876 - 704 pages
...situated between east and north-east. It b'-longs to the Great Kaan, and the people worship Mahommet. Now, such persons as propose to cross the Desert take...they make ready for the journey, taking with them a mouth's supply for man and beast. On quitting this city they enter the Desert. The length of this Desert... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1880 - 464 pages
...situated between east and north-east. It belongs to the Great Khan, and the people worship Mohammed. Now, such persons as propose to cross the desert take...journey, taking with them a month's supply for man and beast. On quitting this city they enter the desert. " The extent of this desert is so great, that it... | |
 | Mary Sheldon Barnes, Earl Barnes - 1891 - 482 pages
...Great Desert Lop is a large town at the edge of the Desert, which is called the Desert of Lop. . . . Now, such persons as propose to cross the Desert take...journey, taking with them a month's supply for man and beast. On quitting this city they enter the Desert. . . . Where its breadth is least, it takes a month... | |
 | Bayard Taylor - 1893 - 348 pages
...town at the edge of the Desert which is called the Desert of Lop [Gobi, or Shamo, on modern maps], and is situated between east and northeast. It belongs...journey, taking with them a month's supply for man and beast. On quitting this city they enter the Desert. " There is a marvellous thing related of this Desert,... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge, William Fayal Clarke, Albert Gallatin Lanier, Maurice R. Robinson - 1896 - 572 pages
...situated between east and north-east. It belongs to the Great Kaan, and the people worship Mahommet. Now, such persons as propose to cross the Desert take...journey, taking with them a month's supply for man and beast. On quitting this city they enter the Desert. The length of this Desert is so great that 't is... | |
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