Memoir on the Countries about the Caspian and Aral Seas; Illustrative of the Late Russian Expedition Against Khivah (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1840 Excerpt: ... be allowed to conjecture on the temperature of the atmosphere on the plains of Turan, from our knowledge of their vegetation. (6) The vine f was cultivated by Sarts, in the district of Khayuk on the Lower Kizil, and red wine produced. Nazarov found wine at Tashkend. Murtaza says, that the vine grew also Khojend. Earlier mention is also made of it in Uzkend, and in all the cities of the plain of Ferghanah south of the Sir. J Gobel has inserted in his map the fruit garden of Orlov the Cossack, in which the vine thrives to perfection. (Part I., p. 121.) The northern limit of Persian cerealia and of rice, and the southern boundary of wheat, at the level of the sea, appear to coincide with the abovementioned line. In higher regions wheat is found in the aulengs (environs?) of Kabul, in the Tibet countries, in Cashmere, and Badakhshan. Mahometanism is seldom known beyond these boundaries. (7) The Saksaul. It is evident, from the accompanying letters, that this tree, or species of shrub, hitherto little known, is an Anabasis. Meyer reckons it among the Chenopodesens, having incorporated the Anabasis with that family. (Compare Gobel, vol. ii. p. 301 and 217.) In a notice by the Writers on the vegetable productions of the Steppes (p. 42), Dr. Klaus confesses, that since the accounts of Pallas, Falk, Lepechin, History of Timur-bec, traduite par Petis de la Croix. Paris, 1722. t Abulghazi, Helmersen, Ritter, Baber. t Witsen, p. 375, mentions grapes at Ichan, 15 wersts south of Turkestan. Lessing has inserted a treatise in the Linntea, b. ix. p. 145, showing the botanical harvest of his travels. Ledebour, Flora altaica. Berlin, 1829. Tauscher, Eversmann, and Karelin, he has been unable to discover any new plants; particularly as the Caspian Steppes have ...