Wonders of bodily strength and skill : in all ages and all countries (1873)
Depping, Guillaume, 1829-1901, Russell, Charles, tr · New York : Scribner, Armstrong & Co. · leaf 124
of Christian,Jew, or Turk. A vlachrar meeting a peasant mounted on afresh animal, could compel him to dismount, and taking hisplace gallop away on his errand. As the poor countryman RUNNERS AND RUNNING. II? was prohibited from removing the panting steed which thecourier left behind, his only… … Peich, or Runner of the Grand Turk. Fifteenth Century.,(After B. de Vigenere.) exchanged him for the first fresh and stout animal he couldsee, mounted and rode off at full speed, followed by thewild and furious curses of the distracted proprietor. With aprivilege such as this the messengers of the…
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