The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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Page 478
... Jaxartes to Kokand , there was no mention of Oosh , or Marghilan , or any of the other large towns of the district . ' The only rejoinder that has been hitherto made to this expo- sition of errors and impossibilities is something to the ...
... Jaxartes to Kokand , there was no mention of Oosh , or Marghilan , or any of the other large towns of the district . ' The only rejoinder that has been hitherto made to this expo- sition of errors and impossibilities is something to the ...
Page 484
... Jaxartes in one direction , across the head- streams of the Oxus to the top of the Cashcár or Chitral valley in another . From this great plateau , which may be 700 or 800 miles in extent , and which is throughout studded with lakes ...
... Jaxartes in one direction , across the head- streams of the Oxus to the top of the Cashcár or Chitral valley in another . From this great plateau , which may be 700 or 800 miles in extent , and which is throughout studded with lakes ...
Page 485
... Jaxartes - as issuing from a single , central lake , the allusion must necessarily be to this lake country of Pamir ; but in that case Lob - núr must have been supposed to communicate with Gangotri , or the Pamír must have been ...
... Jaxartes - as issuing from a single , central lake , the allusion must necessarily be to this lake country of Pamir ; but in that case Lob - núr must have been supposed to communicate with Gangotri , or the Pamír must have been ...
Page 487
... Jaxartes are so enclosed on both sides by mountains , and so entirely filled up with a rich alluvium , that in these favoured localities the usual characteristics of the country disappear ; but no sooner have the rivers fairly debouched ...
... Jaxartes are so enclosed on both sides by mountains , and so entirely filled up with a rich alluvium , that in these favoured localities the usual characteristics of the country disappear ; but no sooner have the rivers fairly debouched ...
Page 492
... Jaxartes , as early as the time of the Judges of Israel , still hold their ground in the country , notwithstanding the con- tinuous flood of foreign races which has ever since swept over the region , surging up from those prolific ...
... Jaxartes , as early as the time of the Judges of Israel , still hold their ground in the country , notwithstanding the con- tinuous flood of foreign races which has ever since swept over the region , surging up from those prolific ...
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