A Book of Traveller's TalesDavid Livingstone on being attacked by a lion in Africa, Cecil Beaton on an evening with the Rolling Stones in Marrakesh, Roman Emperor Hannibal on crossing the Alps, Henry James on the Epsom Derby, John Steinbeck on trying to get out of a small town in upstate New York ... these are some of the more than 300 writers and subjects represented in this veritable Who's Who of travellers from 430 B.C. to the 1980s. |
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Page 68
... fire . It being now quite dark , it was hard to tell what sort of game we were going to fire at ; Strydom , however , whispered to me they were quaggas , and they certainly appeared to be such . His gun snapped three times at the ...
... fire . It being now quite dark , it was hard to tell what sort of game we were going to fire at ; Strydom , however , whispered to me they were quaggas , and they certainly appeared to be such . His gun snapped three times at the ...
Page 235
... fire . The month is July but this fire is necessary of an evening . It was the same in thieves ' public houses ; we saw twenty or thirty of these dens , and there was always a heaped - up fire of red - hot coal to do the cooking and dry ...
... fire . The month is July but this fire is necessary of an evening . It was the same in thieves ' public houses ; we saw twenty or thirty of these dens , and there was always a heaped - up fire of red - hot coal to do the cooking and dry ...
Page 253
... fire , and received us every one , because of the present rain , and because of the cold . And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks , and laid them on the fire , there came a viper out of the heat , and fastened on his hand . And ...
... fire , and received us every one , because of the present rain , and because of the cold . And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks , and laid them on the fire , there came a viper out of the heat , and fastened on his hand . And ...
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Africa American arrived asked beautiful called camels canoe CECIL BEATON clothes Copyright crossed D. H. LAWRENCE dark desert dressed drink East England English traveller ERIC NEWBY expedition explorer eyes face feet fire fish Gobi Desert hair Hakluyt Society hand head horses IBN BATTUTA India Indian island JAN MORRIS JOHN JONATHAN RABAN journey kill King ladies Lake land live London looked LUDOVICO DI VARTHEMA miles morning mountains natives never night North novelist ODORIC OF PORDENONE passed PETER FLEMING quaggas reached Reprinted by permission returned river road rock round seemed seen ship side sight sleep South stone streets thing THOMAS CORYATE thought Tibet told took town trans trees turned voyage walked women wood writer young