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Page 288
... river which , as he says , loses itself in swamps and enters no sea . Here he has to the south - east very lofty mountains , the branches of the T'ien Shan , or perhaps the great range itself . Quitting Kenchak and the Talas , he goes ...
... river which , as he says , loses itself in swamps and enters no sea . Here he has to the south - east very lofty mountains , the branches of the T'ien Shan , or perhaps the great range itself . Quitting Kenchak and the Talas , he goes ...
Page 315
... 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 Manks , those of Than or Balian , of Farghan ( or Faughán ) , of Anjára ( or ...
... 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 Manks , those of Than or Balian , of Farghan ( or Faughán ) , of Anjára ( or ...
Page 317
... river which the same traveller had previously tracked from near the Ruby - Mines up to the Sirikul . The former river is conjured by Kiepert from the east to the west of the town of Sayad , and identified by him with the Bolor - Wakhsh ...
... river which the same traveller had previously tracked from near the Ruby - Mines up to the Sirikul . The former river is conjured by Kiepert from the east to the west of the town of Sayad , and identified by him with the Bolor - Wakhsh ...
Contents
Dedication and Preface | 1 |
late and then in the forms Thin Thinae Sinae | 8 |
the indication of the Chinese empire from the landward Inferior | 13 |
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