Between the Danube and Black Sea Or Five Years in BulgariaJohn Murray, 1876 - 313 páginas |
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arabas arrived asked Bashi-bazouks beast birds Black Sea Black Stork Bosphorus Bulgar Bulgaria bustard Church cliff Cole-ei Constantinople Cossacks Crown 8vo Danube Dobrudja door drink earth Edition England English Fcap feel feet fellow Galatz Georgey Giaour Greek half hand head heard hill History horse hour Illustrations journey killed Kustendjie labour LADY land legs living look LORD Medium 8vo Mehmet miles morning musquitos navvies nearly never night numerous once Pasha passport poor Portrait Post 8vo quietly ride river road robbers round seen ship Shumla side Silistria sitting sleep soon stone stop Tartar Tchellaby Tchernavoda tent thing told took town Trajan's wall Travels Turk Turkey Turkish turned Varna village Vlatt Vols walk whilst winter Woodcuts workmen yards young Zaptiehs
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