The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 57National Geographic Society, 1930 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 151
... horses were hobbled with hair ropes , one front leg tied to one hind leg . If ever a man should lose his horse in that wide , open country it might be gone for good , as lassos are unknown . Near us was an abandoned nomad camp where the ...
... horses were hobbled with hair ropes , one front leg tied to one hind leg . If ever a man should lose his horse in that wide , open country it might be gone for good , as lassos are unknown . Near us was an abandoned nomad camp where the ...
Page 162
... horse , followed by about five hundred lamas . They went up on the moun- tain , set up their tents , and improvised an al- tar whereon offerings . of juniper twigs were burnt . Between pray- ers they ate all the usual unpalatable Ti ...
... horse , followed by about five hundred lamas . They went up on the moun- tain , set up their tents , and improvised an al- tar whereon offerings . of juniper twigs were burnt . Between pray- ers they ate all the usual unpalatable Ti ...
Page 170
... horse was drowned . I pretended to be discouraged and announced that I would either not go at all or else postpone ... horse into the river and , taking hold of the horse's tail , swam across , or rather let the horse pull him to the ...
... horse was drowned . I pretended to be discouraged and announced that I would either not go at all or else postpone ... horse into the river and , taking hold of the horse's tail , swam across , or rather let the horse pull him to the ...
Contents
An Expedition on the ChinaTibet Frontier to | 131 |
Sumatra A Ribbon of Color on the Equator 25 illustrations in color from autochromes | 186 |
Cirenaica | 325 |
Copyright | |
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