Across Asia on a Bicycle: The Journey of Two American Students from Constantinople to PekingCentury Company, 1897 - 234 sider |
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American Angora Aras River Armenian ascent Asiatic Askabad asked Bayazid began bicycle Bosporus caravan carts central Asia China Chinese clothing clouds consul Cossacks crowd desert donkeys empire English Erzerum feet foreign frequently gate Gobi GOBI DESERT half Hami hand head height highway horses host hour huge journey khan kibitka Kirghiz Kuldja Kurdish Kurdish encampment Kurds Little Ararat mandarins Meshed miles minister missionaries morning Mount Ararat mountain muleteer mutessarif native night official once ourselves palace passed passport Pei-ho Peking Persian plain province reached ride river road rocks route Russian Samarkand sand Shah shout slope smoke snow snow-beds steppe stood stream streets stretch Su-chou summit Tabreez Tashkend Teheran telegraph tent thought thousand Tian Shan tion town Transcaspian Transcaspian railway Turkestan Turkey Turkish Turks Urumtsi usual Vali valley Vernoye viceroy viceroy's village walls western wheels zaptiehs