The Land of the Lamas: Notes of a Journey Through China, Mongolia and TibetCentury Company, 1891 - Broj stranica: 399 |
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... clothes nor foreign stores , bed- ding , tubs , medicines , nor any of the other endless im- pedimenta which so many travelers consider absolute necessities . The most rapid and on the whole the most convenient way to travel in northern ...
... clothes nor foreign stores , bed- ding , tubs , medicines , nor any of the other endless im- pedimenta which so many travelers consider absolute necessities . The most rapid and on the whole the most convenient way to travel in northern ...
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... cloth ( lao pu ) sells for Tls . 0. 5. 3 to Tls . 0. 6. 0 a piece measuring 36 to 40 Chinese feet ; blue cotton - cloth , Tls . 0. 7.0 a piece . Foreign cotton piece - goods are disliked , for they are not as strong as native . They ...
... cloth ( lao pu ) sells for Tls . 0. 5. 3 to Tls . 0. 6. 0 a piece measuring 36 to 40 Chinese feet ; blue cotton - cloth , Tls . 0. 7.0 a piece . Foreign cotton piece - goods are disliked , for they are not as strong as native . They ...
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... cloth , reaching barely to the knee , and hanging very full about the waist . On their shaved heads the men had little pointed red caps trimmed with lamb- skin , big clumsy foxskin hats , or else dark - red turbans . The gowns of the ...
... cloth , reaching barely to the knee , and hanging very full about the waist . On their shaved heads the men had little pointed red caps trimmed with lamb- skin , big clumsy foxskin hats , or else dark - red turbans . The gowns of the ...
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... cloth , to which were attached embossed silver plates , or cowry shells , pieces of chank - shell , ' turquoise , coral , or glass beads , were fastened to the hair , two depending from that which fell to the shoulders , one from that ...
... cloth , to which were attached embossed silver plates , or cowry shells , pieces of chank - shell , ' turquoise , coral , or glass beads , were fastened to the hair , two depending from that which fell to the shoulders , one from that ...
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... cloth tops fastened below the knee with a broad garter . In their belts were long , straight swords , and hanging around their necks were charm - boxes and prayer - beads . The day was warm , and they had slipped their right arms out of ...
... cloth tops fastened below the knee with a broad garter . In their belts were long , straight swords , and hanging around their necks were charm - boxes and prayer - beads . The day was warm , and they had slipped their right arms out of ...
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