| Mountstuart Elphinstone (hon.) - 1815 - 744 Seiten
...with the appearance of a long lake, enclosing several little islands ; notwithstanding the well known nature of the country, many were positive that it...was afterwards seen in Damaun, when the weather was rfpt hotter than is experienced in England. About sun-set we descried the high wall and towers of Moujgur,... | |
| 1816 - 670 Seiten
...imagined this phenomenon to be occasioned by a thin vapour-, (or something resembling a vapour), which ia seen over the ground in the hot weather in India,...seen in Damaun, when the weather was not hotter than ia experienced in England. About sun-set we descried the high wall and towers of Moujgur, with a con»... | |
| William Brown - 1823 - 532 Seiten
...this appearance continued at the ends, when viewed from the middle. I shall not attempt," says he, (( to account for this appearance, but shall merely remark,...accompanied its appearance : but it was afterwards seen in Demaun, when the weather was not hotter than is experienced in England." —Three days after, he adds,... | |
| Marco Polo - 1854 - 586 Seiten
...was entirely different, and, on looking along the ground, no vapour whatever could be perceived. ... I shall not attempt to account for this appearance,...only to be found in level, smooth, and dry places." — Account of Caubul, p. 16. cattle, if they have not the means of ransom. Marco Polo himself1 was... | |
| Marco Polo - 1854 - 544 Seiten
...was entirely different, and, on looking along the ground, no vapour whatever could be perceived. ... I shall not attempt to account for this appearance,...it seems only to be found in level, smooth, and dry places."—Account of Caubul, p. 16. cattle, if they have not the means of ransom. Marco Polo himself... | |
| Marco Polo - 1854 - 548 Seiten
...was entirely different, and, on looking along the ground, no vapour whatever could be perceived. ... I shall not attempt to account for this appearance, but shall merely remark, that it seems onlv to be found in level, smooth, and dry places."—Account of Caubul, p. 16. cattle, if they have... | |
| Reuben Gold Thwaites - 1905 - 372 Seiten
...whatever could be perceived. The ground was quite level and smooth, and the weather very hot. It is only found in level, smooth, and dry places; the position of the sun, and the degree of heat, are not material, for it was afterwards seen in Damaun, when the weather was... | |
| John Masefield - 2002 - 530 Seiten
...was entirely different, and, on looking along the ground, no vapour whatever could be perceived. ... I shall not attempt to account for this appearance,...only to be found in level, smooth, and dry places. — Account of Caubul, p. 16. * The story may amount to nothing more than that these robbers, having... | |
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