The roads and railroads, vehicles, and modes of travelling, of ancient and modern countries; with accounts of bridges, tunnels, and canals, in various parts of the world .. (1839)
London : J.W. Parker · leaf 255
, the Beys head, while lyingdown, was a foot lower than his feet, but he managed toget over this difficulty. The whole affair gave as muchdelight to the Bey as amusement to Captain Lyon, and 242 THE RUSSIAN DROSKY. will afford some proof of the scarcity of carriages in thatpart of Africa. There is… … Russian Travelling Carriage. body is so near the ground, that the lower part of a ridersdress is apt to be either smothered with dust or coveredwith mud. It consists of very little more than a narrowbench, at the hinder part of which is a small back, abouton a level with the middle of the body, and…
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