Monthly Archives: May 2008

_Yadah_ or _Jadah-Tsh_, which was placed in or hung over a basin of water with sundry ceremonies The operation was performed by means of a stone of magical virtues, called _Yadah_ or _Jadah-Tsh_, which was placed in or hung over … Continue reading →

Thaumaturgus The moving of a mountain is one of the miracles ascribed to Gregory Thaumaturgus. Such stories are rife among the Mahomedans themselves. ‘I know,’ says Khanikoff, ‘at least half a score of mountains which the Musulmans allege to have … Continue reading →

the little Piazza di Ponticello just opposite the church of San Stefano From the new part of Genoa, and from the Via XX Settembre, you turn into the little Piazza di Ponticello just opposite the church of San Stefano. In … Continue reading →

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famous Indian monasteries at Nalanda in Bahr, where Mr Hiuen Tsang”s account of the elaborate and fantastic ornamentation of the famous Indian monasteries at Nalanda in Bahr, where Mr. Broadley has lately made such remarkable discoveries, seems to indicate that … Continue reading →

Kwei-hwa-Ch”eng), passing over the triple chain of mountains dividing the Plain of Peking from that on which Kuku-khoto is situate Potanin left Peking on the 13th May, 1884, for Kuku-khoto (or Kwei-hwa-Ch”eng), passing over the triple chain of mountains dividing … Continue reading →

striking, I am not prepared to lay stress on it as an argument for the geographical determination of Marco”s _Arbre Sec_ Though the coincidence with our text of Hamd Allah”s Dry Tree is very striking, I am not prepared to … Continue reading →

NOTE 9.–[The enormous quantity of fish found in the Caspian Sea is ascribed to the mass of vegetable food to be found in the shallower waters of the North and the mouth of the Volga. According to Reclus, the Caspian … Continue reading →

thing besides the restless longing to escape beyond the line of sea and sky When he left his home on this first voyage, he took with him one other thing besides the restless longing to escape beyond the line of … Continue reading →

[B] agrees entirely with that represented in illustration facing p In this interesting description it will be seen that the Armillary Sphere [B] agrees entirely with that represented in illustration facing p. 450. And the second of his photographs in … Continue reading →