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Page 288
“ Near this is a river called ' Yiyun , very rapid , flowing . from the east ; the people of the country call it the Yellow river " ( as to the muddy colour and great rapidity of the Chu , see Russians in Contral Asia , p . 262 ) .
“ Near this is a river called ' Yiyun , very rapid , flowing . from the east ; the people of the country call it the Yellow river " ( as to the muddy colour and great rapidity of the Chu , see Russians in Contral Asia , p . 262 ) .
Page 315
Then it becomes a river surpassing all the rivers in the world as regards volume , depth and breadth of channel . • The Khariab receives the waters of a river called Akhsua or Mank , those of Than . or Balian , of Farghan ( or Faughan ) ...
Then it becomes a river surpassing all the rivers in the world as regards volume , depth and breadth of channel . • The Khariab receives the waters of a river called Akhsua or Mank , those of Than . or Balian , of Farghan ( or Faughan ) ...
Page 317
That geographer denies entirely the identity of the river which Wood ascended for thirty miles ( as has just been mentioned ) from the Kokcha confluence at Kila'h - Chap to Sayad , with that river which the same traveller had previously ...
That geographer denies entirely the identity of the river which Wood ascended for thirty miles ( as has just been mentioned ) from the Kokcha confluence at Kila'h - Chap to Sayad , with that river which the same traveller had previously ...
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Contents
Dedication and Preface | 1 |
late and then in the forms Thin Thinas Sinas | 8 |
the indication of the Chinese empire from the landward Inferior | 13 |
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| Title | Works, Volume 38 |
| Author | Hakluyt Society |
| Publisher | Kraus Reprint, 1967 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 22 Aug 2009 |
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