Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: June 15, 2025
* The reader may think I introduce too many year-dates but I have found most books so lacking in this regard that I prefer to err on the other side. The new year, 1828, came in and still they were going down the river, taking many beaver. As a New Year's greeting a shower of arrows from a new tribe, the Pipis, fell amongst them.
The naked masses of rock cease, and luxuriant woods cover the heights. Near Pipis, the last stage that I went today, beautiful cliffs and rocks rose close to the post-road, many of them presenting the appearance of enormous columns. August 28th. Continual trouble with the post people.
The journey through Persia was dangerous; that through Asiatic Russia, however, was so troublesome, that I would prefer the former under any circumstances. From Pipis the country again diminishes in beauty: the valleys expand, the mountains become lower, and both are frequently without trees, and barren. I met, today, several nomadic parties of Tartars.
At least two other clergymen refused Lichfield, and then the offer came round again to Selwyn. This time it was conveyed through the Archbishop of Canterbury, and consequently it carried more weight. Still he hesitated. Friends drew attention to the miserable stipend he was now receiving. "If I have to live on pipis and potatoes," said the bishop, "I would go back." Lastly, the Queen sent for him.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking