Leaves from a Viceroy's Note-book and Other PapersMacmillan and Company, limited, 1960 - 414 pages |
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Page 152
... known for fifty years , had inundated the European quarter known as the Munshi Bagh , stood several feet deep in the ground - floor of the houses , and swept clean away six of the seven wooden bridges that spanned the stream . They were ...
... known for fifty years , had inundated the European quarter known as the Munshi Bagh , stood several feet deep in the ground - floor of the houses , and swept clean away six of the seven wooden bridges that spanned the stream . They were ...
Page 362
... known as George the Porter , or even the spot where the cock crew to Peter , were sensations that might well have been foreseen . Nor , when I came to the Moslem Sacred Sites , was I greatly startled to be shown the round hole in the ...
... known as George the Porter , or even the spot where the cock crew to Peter , were sensations that might well have been foreseen . Nor , when I came to the Moslem Sacred Sites , was I greatly startled to be shown the round hole in the ...
Page 387
... known as the Yosemite Valley , with its branches or spurs in estimated length fifteen miles , and in average width one mile back from the main edge of the precipice on each side of the valley ; with the stipulation , nevertheless , that ...
... known as the Yosemite Valley , with its branches or spurs in estimated length fifteen miles , and in average width one mile back from the main edge of the precipice on each side of the valley ; with the stipulation , nevertheless , that ...
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Abbot Aman-ul-Mulk amid Annamite appearance Athos Baltit bank beautiful bridge British officers Buddha Captain Younghusband century chief Chinese Chitral church Colonel contained Court crossed Curzon distance Dong Khanh Durbar Emperor English face Fath Ali Shah feet French frontier Ghizar Gia Long Gilgit Gilgit River glaciers gorge Greek ground Haji Baba hand head Hegoumenos height hill Hindu Kush honour horse Hué Hunza Hunza River hymn imperial Indian Government Kashmir Khan Kilik Pass King later less Lord Mastuj Mehtar ment Meteora miles Minh Mang monastery monastic monks Morier mountain mounted Nagar native never occasion once palace Pamirs passed Persian polo prince Raja river rock rode royal scene seated seen Sher Afzul side Sikhs slopes Srinagar stands stone summit terrace tion tombs tower traveller troops Tu Duc valley Viceregal Viceroy village walls wooden yards Yarkhun Yasin