Travels from St. Petersburgh in Russia to Various Parts of Asia, Volume 1 |
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Aftrachan againſt agatz alfo almoſt alſo ambaffador ambaſſador anſwer arrived banks becauſe befides beſt called caravan Chan China Chineſe commiffary confiderable confifting courſe court defert defired Derbent diſtance dreffed eaſt Emperor Emperor of China Engliſh fafe fame feafon feemed feen fent feven feveral fhall fhore fhort fhould fide filk filver firſt fituated fize fmall fnow foldiers fome fometimes foon fouth freſh ftands ftill ftones ftreets fubjects fuch fufficient greateſt himſelf horfes horſes houfe houſe inhabitants itſelf journey Kalmucks laft laſt leaſt lodged mafter Majefty mandarins miles minifter Mofco moft Mongalls moſt muſt neceffary night obferved obliged occafion paffed Pekin Perfians perfon pleaſant prefent prince provifions purpoſe river Ruffians ſeen ſeveral Shach Siberia ſmall St Peterſburgh ſtands ſtrong Tartars tents thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe town travelled uſe verft vifit village Volga wall of China weft woods
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Page 267 - Majefty expofed his perfon to many dangers, particularly by water, at which he was much furprifed,but defired he would take the advice of an old man, and not hazard his life, by committing himfelf to the rage of the mercilefs waves and winds, where no valour could avail.
Page 262 - Oppofite to this gate is the great hall, which rifes a few fteps above the level of the court. The floor is neatly paved with white and black marble ; and, on the fame floor, to the right and left of the hall, are two fmall bed-chambers. This hall was occupied by the ambaflador. In the fame court are two large houfes,' divided into apartments, in which the retinue was lodged.
Page 267 - Having afcended the fteps, the letter was laid on a table placed for that purpofe, as had been previoufly agreed ; but the Emperor beckoned to the ambaflador, and directed him to approach ; which he no fooner perceived, than he took up the credentials, and, attended by Aloy, walked up to...
Page 125 - Volga, and fleered his courfe. up the river Kama, at that time little frequented by the Ruffians, or any other nation ; here he hoped to find, at leaft, a fafe retreat during the winter. Yarmak...
Page 179 - They live in tents all the year, and, having large flocks of fheep, and many cows and horfes, they remove from place to place, as the convenience of grazing requires. Their language has a great affinity to that of the Kalmucks ; and they have priefts among them who can read and write that language. As to their drefs and manner of life, I could obferve little difference between them and the Kalmucks on the Volga ; and therefore conclude they have both defcended from the fame original. Their faces,...
Page 303 - Emperor, at one of the clock in the morning, horfes were brought to our lodgings, for the ambaffador and thofe who attended him. We immediately mounted ; and, after riding about fix miles, to the fouth-weft of the city, at break of day we reached the gates of the park called Chayza, where we were received by an officer, and conducted through the foreft to a fummer-houfe, about a mile from the gate, in which the Emperor had flept the preceding night.
Page 231 - On thefe hills are a great number of animals called marmots, of a brownifh colour, having feet like a badger, and nearly of the fame fize. They make deep burrows on the declivities of the hills ; and it is faid, that in winter they continue in thefe holes, for a certain time, even without food. At this feafon, however, they fit or lie near their burrows, keeping a...
Page 167 - When a Tongufe kills an elk or deer, he never moves from the place till he has eat it up, unlefs he happens to be near his family ; in which cafe he carries part of it home. He is never at a l6fs for fire, having always a tinder-box about him.
Page 297 - AH the grandees and officers of ftate were feated on their cufhiqns along the bank of the canal. The machinery for the fire-works was placed on the other fide of the canal ; and nobody was permitted to go thither, except the people who managed it.
Page 279 - The length of them was about twenty-five feet ; at the lower end, I reckon them to be near five inches diameter, and at the top about the breadth of a crown Jnece.