Travels from St. Petersburgh in Russia, to Various Parts of Asia, כרך 1W. Creech, 1788 |
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עמוד 212 - Mofco, where they were honourably received by the Czar, and treated according to their quality. The prince had an extenfive property granted him in...
עמוד 326 - ... which hung upon a peg among the other things. The ladle was again employed, for the fpace of fix minutes, when the tea, being removed from the fire, was allowed to ftand a while in order to cool.
עמוד 295 - They live in tents all the year, and, having large flocks of fheep, and many cows and horfes, they remove from place to place, as the convenience of grazing requires. Their language has a great affinity to that of the Kalmucks ; and they have priefts among them who can read and write that language. As to their...
עמוד 327 - ... have liked it much better had it been prepared in a manner a little more cleanly. Our bountiful hoftefs, however, gave us a hearty welcome ; and, as thefe people know not the ufe of money, there was nothing to pay for our entertainment. We only made her a prefent of a little tobacco to fmoke, of which thefe people are very fond. I have given this receipt with a view that fome European ladies may improve upon it.
עמוד 268 - I fpeak within compafs, when I fay there were above five or fix hundred of them. They were coming down the river, very deliberately, on a fmall path of their own making, clofe to the beaten road. As foon as they faw us, all of them run into the woods, without feeming much frightened. I am informed that thefe hares travel to the fouth, in much greater flocks than this, every fpring, and return in autumn, when the rivers are frozen, and the fnow falls. In...
עמוד 342 - Lama now mounted across the bench, and soon carried it, or, as was commonly believed, it carried him, to the very tent, where he ordered the damask to be produced. The demand was directly complied with ; for it is vain in such cases to offer any excuse.
עמוד 371 - ... have not feen them, When any perfon finds himfelf to the leeward of them, the only method by which he can fave himfelf from their fury, is to kindle immediately the grafs where he ftands, and follow his own fire. For this purpofe, every perfon is provided with flints, fteel, and tinder. The reafon why the Mongalls fet fire to the grafs, is to procure early pafture for their cattle. The afhes left upon the ground fink into the earth at the melting of the fnow, and...
עמוד 337 - The fame officer, who carried the ambaflador's letter to the prince of Mongalia at Urga, was ordered to prefent his compliments to the kutuchtu, or high prieft, who is a near relation of the prince.
עמוד 211 - Qraggling parties of Tartars in arms, ready to oppofe them, and a number of boats upon the rivers full of armed men ; the king of the Tartars himfelf was on board one of thefe veflels.
עמוד 419 - We only ftaid to drink tea ; after which we immediately mounted, and purfued our journey to a fmall town called Juny, where we arrived in the evening. Near this place is ;a...