The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 54National Geographic Society., 1929 - Geography |
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Page 538 - Then he would introduce them into his Garden, some four, or six, or ten at a time. having first made them drink a certain potion which cast them into a deep sleep, and then causing them to be lifted and carried in. So when they awoke they found themselves in the Garden, a place so charming
Page 524 - to trace a route across the whole longitude of Asia, naming and describing kingdom after kingdom which he had seen with his own eyes; the deserts of Persia, the flowering plateaus and wild gorges of Badakhshan, the jade-bearing rivers of Khotan, the Mongolian steppes, cradle of the power that had so lately threatened to swallow up Christendom;
Page 94 - a herd happened to be on their way across the river. Such was the multitude of these animals, that although the river, including an island, over which they passed was a mile in length, the herd stretched as thick as they could swim, completely from one side to the other, and the party was obliged to stop for an hour.
Page 538 - the greatest desire to enter therein. So when the Old Man would have any Prince slain he would say to such a youth, "Go thou and slay So and So; and when thou returnest my Angels shall bear thee into Paradise. And shouldst thou die, nevertheless
Page 547 - when he tries to gain his company again he will hear spirits talking, and will suppose them to be his comrades. Sometimes the spirits will call him by name; and thus shall a traveler ofttimes be led astray, so that he never finds his party. Sometimes the stray
Page 362 - in complete solitude for four years and four months. He was landed from the Cinque Ports galley, 96 tons, 16 guns, AD 1704, and was taken off in the Duke, privateer, 12th Feb., 1709. He died Lieutenant of HMS Weymouth AD 1723, aged 47 years. This tablet is erected near Selkirk's lookout, by Commodore Powell and the officers of HMS Topase, A. D. 1868.
Page 524 - to reveal China in all its wealth and vastness—its mighty rivers, its huge cities, its rich manufactures, its swarming population, the inconceivably vast fleets that quickened its seas and its inland waters; to tell us of the nations on its borders, with all
Page 538 - He kept at his court a number of the youths of the country, from 12 to 20 years of age, such as had a taste for soldiering, and to these he used to tell tales about Paradise, just as Mohammed had been wont to do.
Page 112 - on a sandbar; but here the musquetoes seemed to be even more numerous than above. The face of the Indian child is considerably puffed up and swollen with the bites of these animals, nor could the men procure scarcely any sleep during the night, and they continued to harass them the next morning.
Page 542 - They have one mast, one sail, and one rudder, and have no deck, but only a cover spread over the cargo when loaded. This cover consists of hides, and on top of these hides they put the horses which they take to India for sale.