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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. 1889 Excerpt: ...climbs up the hill, with Sadik quietly smoking his pipe and holding the reins very loosely, I notice that we are going too much to the right. I observe this to Sadik, but he tells me that it is "all right." No sooner has he said so than the van sways over, with Sadik and a heavy chest toppling on to me. I find myself thrown against the side of the van, which has turned over, and a counter-shock forces me back under the pole, between the horses' legs, from which I extricate myself with remarkable rapidity. Turning round I find that Capus has disappeared beneath the baggage, while Pepin is caught hand and foot; the servants perched up behind had had time to jump off. We extricate the others as quickly as possible, but while Pepin was a good deal bruised, Capus was intact, and Sadik had not even smashed his pipe. The baggage is picked up out of the mud, the bruises are washed, and, after drinking a cup of tea, we make a fresh start. Sadik gets so well lectured, that he appeals to the devil, to Mahomet, and to the Imam Riza, and declares he will be more careful. But at the next ravine we come to the same thing happens, the only difference being that Pepin, despite his bruises, manages to jump off in time, while I feel a good deal bruised about the thigh and the chest. However, we continue our journey in the direction of Churab, which is only twelve or fourteen miles off. I have as one of my travelling companions a tall young man from Hamadan, who is full of life and spirits, and who is delighted at leaving his native country, as he tells me on the way. We go up and down some very sandy hills, and when the easterly wind does not blind us with dust we chat together. The young man from Hamadan is very loquacious, and he informs me that he is a mason and ...
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- PublisherRareBooksClub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1235968324
- ISBN 13 9781235968327
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages66
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