Monthly Archives: January 2007

which belonged to the Crown before 1669, and is now State property, called Fort d”Andaine; it is situated near some bed of iron There is a forest in the department of Orne, arrondissement of Domfront, which belonged to the Crown … Continue reading →

Scotland, that poor and almost naked beggars, when _stones_ were given them as alms at the church doors, went away quite delighted; for stones of that kind were imbued either with brimstone or with some oily matter, so that they … Continue reading →

Chinese character Chinghiz and his first successors used the Ughr, and sometimes the Chinese character. Of the Ughr character we give a specimen in Bk. IV. It is of Syriac origin, undoubtedly introduced into Eastern Turkestan by the early Nestorian … Continue reading →

mentioned, to wit, December, January, February, he starts off on the 1st day of March, and travels southward towards the Ocean Sea, a journey of two days After he has stopped at his capital city those three months that I … Continue reading →

soon changed, and he must set forth upon a voyage again, while Philippa is left, with a new light in her eyes, to watch over the atom that wakes and weeps and twists and struggles and mews, and sleeps again, … Continue reading →

entered the palace at night, Vanchu sat down and caused a number of lights to be kindled before him Wherefore, on the day appointed, the aforesaid Vanchu and Chenchu having entered the palace at night, Vanchu sat down and caused … Continue reading →

NOTE 3.–The mines of _Ljwurd_ (whence _l”Azur_ and _Lazuli_) have been, like the Ruby mines, celebrated for ages. They lie in the Upper Valley of the Kokcha, called Korn, within the Tract called _Yamgn_, of which the popular etymology is … Continue reading →

‘With respect to rhubarb … the _Suchowchi_ also makes the remark, that the best rhubarb, with golden flowers in the breaking, is gathered in this province (district of _Shan-tan_), and that it is equally beneficial to men and beasts, preserving … Continue reading →

Ignotosque Deos ignoto carmine adorat, * * * * _Tunc quoque cantato densetur carmine caelum, Et nebulas exhalat humus_ ‘Concipit illa preces, et verba venefica dicit; Ignotosque Deos ignoto carmine adorat, * * * * _Tunc quoque cantato densetur carmine … Continue reading →

the correcter Oriental form _Tatar_, instead of the usual _Tartar_ It is remarkable that for the most part the text edited by Pauthier has the correcter Oriental form _Tatar_, instead of the usual _Tartar_. _Tattar_ is the word used by … Continue reading →