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Page 357
... Turcomans generally lie in wait for caravans , and directed that we should all march in a compact body , and invited us to make preparations for a des- perate resistance in case we were attacked . The first impulse of my master was to ...
... Turcomans generally lie in wait for caravans , and directed that we should all march in a compact body , and invited us to make preparations for a des- perate resistance in case we were attacked . The first impulse of my master was to ...
Page 358
... Turcomans having completed their plunder , made a dis- tribution of the prisoners . We were blind - folded , and placed each of us behind a horseman , and after having travelled for a whole day in this manner , we rested at night in a ...
... Turcomans having completed their plunder , made a dis- tribution of the prisoners . We were blind - folded , and placed each of us behind a horseman , and after having travelled for a whole day in this manner , we rested at night in a ...
Page 362
... Turcomans , it was only to fall " from the frying - pan into the fire ; " having , by an incident which we cannot particularize , found himself in the hands of the Shah's fifth son , who was on his road to Meshed , the capital of ...
... Turcomans , it was only to fall " from the frying - pan into the fire ; " having , by an incident which we cannot particularize , found himself in the hands of the Shah's fifth son , who was on his road to Meshed , the capital of ...
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