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Belmore Browne, and Merl La Voy in their approach to the summit, and it is easy to understand the confusion of direction in the fierce storm that descended upon the party. If, as the dots show, the party went to the summit of the right-hand peak, they went out of their way and had still a considerable distance to travel.
Forster, Voy. and Disc, in the North, p. 150. Gintarchan, or Zintarchan, is, by Josaphat Barbaro, called also Gitarchau; and Witsan, in his account of Northern and Eastern Tartary, says Astracan was called of old Citracan. Forst. Sara is undoubtedly the town of Saray, situated on the eastern arm of the Wolga, or Achtuba.
In the street I found Tom Kinlay and two other boys waiting for me, and arranging an excursion across the hills to Skaill Bay to hunt for seals. It was an expedition in which I very readily agreed to join, and it was arranged that we should meet early in the afternoon on the moor between Voy and Crua Breck. My home was close beside the school.
Even the sick were brought to the door to obtain a view of what was going forward and a glance at the redoubtable Calros. I was particularly struck by the eagerness displayed by one man, a cripple, who, in spite of the entreaties of his wife, mixed with the crowd, and having lost his crutch, hopped forward on one leg, exclaiming, "Carracho! tambien voy yo!"
Forst. Voy. and Disc. 105. Of sundry Nations, and of certain People who used to eat their Parents. I am convinced that these Jugurs, who are mixed with Christians and Mahometans, have arrived at the knowledge and belief of one God, by frequent disputations with them. This nation dwells in cities, which were brought under subjection to Zingis, who gave his daughter in marriage to their king.
Univ. des Voy. that his real name was Ludovico Verthema, which we have accordingly adopted on the present occasion, in preference to the latinized denomination used by Eden.
Con todo, ¿yo, qué puedo hacer? decírselo cuando más a la señorita ... pero si ella sale con lo que su padre ... entonces.... DON EDUARDO. Entonces, tendremos los dos paciencia ... y no la volveré a importunar más. BRUNO. Siendo así, voy, pues, y Dios haga que no la coja de mal talante.
It thus happened in her reign, that such men were of most use to their country, as are scarcely of any utility in other reigns; for, merit being then the only recommendation at court, those were most forward to expose themselves in generous undertakings, who would at any other time have thought themselves excused from such dangers and fatigues. Harris, Col. Callender, Voy.
Vet. Islandic. ap. Langebeck, II. 31. Forster, Hist. of Voy. and Disc. in the North, p. 50. Voyages of Ohthere to the White Sea and the Baltic, in the Ninth Century.
After these elucidations, there can be no reason left to doubt of the truth of this narrative of the Zenos which besides, as considered with relation to the geography of the north at that period, is of great importance Forst. Ramusio. Forst. Voy. and Disc, p. 158.
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