This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 Excerpt: ...underground dwellings, and many a tea-urn have I drunk out, glass for glass, with the subterranean postmasters; but, on the other hand, many a weary hour have I sat outside of them, waiting for horses that never came, while luckier wayfarers, "travelling on Government business," went off before me. Lonely as it is, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 Excerpt: ...underground dwellings, and many a tea-urn have I drunk out, glass for glass, with the subterranean postmasters; but, on the other hand, many a weary hour have I sat outside of them, waiting for horses that never came, while luckier wayfarers, "travelling on Government business," went off before me. Lonely as it is, however, this region is anything but a desert. From the Vladimirovskaya station all the way to Fort Perovski, the coarse grasses run thick and high; while, as we again approach the river (which has been removed from us ever since Fort No. 2, by a wide sweep toward the south) long patches of bushy undergrowth begin to foreshadow the abundant vegetation which is to meet us farther on. Every now and then Travelling-passes are of three kinds: I. Courier; 2. On Government business; 3. Private; and the facilities of the route observe the same proportion. we come upon traces of cultivation and irrigation, with here and there an unwontedly industrious Kirghiz at work upon a little plot of reclaimed ground; and, altogether, we may safely conclude that we have now taken our final leave of the desert. The sun is setting as we leave Dmitrovskaya, the last station before Fort Perovski; and now the hush and dimness of approaching night come down upon the great plain like a pall. As if by common consent, we are all three perfectly silent; and the jingle of our little bell is the only sound that breaks the universal stillness. Suddenly there flits athwart the red sun, now just dipping below the horizon, a vast column of widewinged living things, coming on swiftly and surely, in the ranked order of an army arrayed for battle. Mourad and the driver shake their heads meaningly; for they, as well as I, have seen it too often not to recognise at a glance th...
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