A Journey From Bengal to England, Through the Northern Part of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, and Persia, and Into Russia, by the Caspian-Sea (Volume 2) - Brossura

Forster, George

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1154139018 ISBN 13: 9781154139013

Casa editrice: General Books LLC, 2012

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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1808. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... drink. And they eat in its raw state the produce of their labours. There is not perhaps on the face of the earth, a human cirtature who lives on coarser fare, or to a civilized people more disgusting than a Kalmuck Tartar ; not even the savages of southern Africa. Putrid fish, raw, or the flesh of carrion, horses, oxen, and camels, is the ordinary food of Kalmucks ; and they are more active and less susceptible of the inclemency of weather than any race of men I have ever seen. The features of a Kalmuck, though coarser, bear a striking resemblance to those of the Chinese; the upper part of his nose is scarcely seen to project from the face, and its extremity is furnished with widely dilated nostrils. Being anxious to leave the ship, whose provisions were nearly consumed, and which, from the crowd and filth of the passengers, had become very offensive, I hired, in conjunction with the Greek gentleman, a Kalmuck boat to go to Astracan. But, before I quit the subject of the vessel, I must mention to you that we brought from Baku five Hindoos; two of them were merchants of Moultan, and three were mendicants; a father, his son, and a Sunyasse.* The last was a hale, judice; it being only braciish, when the wind blows strong from the southward. * The name of a religious sect of Hindoos, chiefly of the Bramin tribe. spirited young man, who, impelled by an equal alertness in mind and body, blended also with a strong tiqcture of fanaticism, was making, it may be termed, the tour of the world; for he did not seem to hold it a matter of much concern whither his course was directed, provided he was in motion. The Hindoos at Baku had supplied his little wants, and recommended him to their agents in Russia, whence he said, he would like to proceed with me to England. The Moult...

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• Editore: General Books LLC
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1154139018
• ISBN 13: 9781154139013
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 74