A Book of Travellers' TalesSpanning the globe from Africa to the Antarctic, from Penzance to Poona, this book contains a feast of travel literature. More than 300 writers are represented, making this a Who's Who of travellers from 430 BC to the 1980's. |
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Page 121
... kind of an inn by the road - side . I forthwith took possession of my bed - chamber , got a good fire , order'd supper ; and was thanking Heaven it was no worse , when a voiture arrived with a lady in it and her servant - maid . As ...
... kind of an inn by the road - side . I forthwith took possession of my bed - chamber , got a good fire , order'd supper ; and was thanking Heaven it was no worse , when a voiture arrived with a lady in it and her servant - maid . As ...
Page 212
... kind of partition made of wands , a pen or fold in which we saw a good many kids . Mr. Johnson asked me where she slept . I asked one of the guides , who asked her in Erse . She spoke with a kind of high tone . He told us she was afraid ...
... kind of partition made of wands , a pen or fold in which we saw a good many kids . Mr. Johnson asked me where she slept . I asked one of the guides , who asked her in Erse . She spoke with a kind of high tone . He told us she was afraid ...
Page 522
... kind of rat , which is now banished by the Norway rat , and an animal of either the otter or beaver species , which is known rather by rumour than by actual certainty . The fishes , too , will give us little trouble . There are only a ...
... kind of rat , which is now banished by the Norway rat , and an animal of either the otter or beaver species , which is known rather by rumour than by actual certainty . The fishes , too , will give us little trouble . There are only a ...
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
Central and South America and | 451 |
Sources and Acknowledgements | 553 |
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