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 93
... woman but the fetish itself talking through its agent in its own language . In the present instance the women were to be in this state for three weeks , during which , except for ceremonies , they could not go out of the hut or see the ...
... woman but the fetish itself talking through its agent in its own language . In the present instance the women were to be in this state for three weeks , during which , except for ceremonies , they could not go out of the hut or see the ...
Page 142
... women ride better than the men . A male Calmuck on horseback looks as if he was intoxicated , and likely to fall off every instant , although he never loses his seat : but the women sit with more ease , and ride with extraordinary skill ...
... women ride better than the men . A male Calmuck on horseback looks as if he was intoxicated , and likely to fall off every instant , although he never loses his seat : but the women sit with more ease , and ride with extraordinary skill ...
Page 433
... women ! They had never seen any white women before ; so they all agreed that that must be what they were . But when they came back to camp and told the others about it , another of our warriors , Sun Calf , who had seen the women ...
... women ! They had never seen any white women before ; so they all agreed that that must be what they were . But when they came back to camp and told the others about it , another of our warriors , Sun Calf , who had seen the women ...
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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