The Modern Voyager and Traveller, Through Europe, Asia, Africa, & America (Volume 2) (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. 1835. Excerpt: ... baskets, brooms, &c. A kind of brandy or wine is also extracted from rice, and the weak liquor called sagi. In Japan few people eat meat, except the priests; but all, without exception, eat fish. They also light their houses with fish oil, and only the rich burn candles. The radish is made to supply the place of the cabbage, and is used in soup in various ways. Salted radish serves them also instead of salt, with most of their food. Whole fields are sown with radishes, and radish-soup is so general, that a scarcity of this plant would be severely felt in this country. THE END OF VOI- II. Abbas Mirza, interesting ac-count of, 227, 232 Abel, Mr. 386 Acre, 94 Adam's Peak, 420, 421 Adrianople, 59 Adventure, a dangerous, 151 jEgina, 24 vEsculapius, Temple of, 378 Afghauns, tribes of the, 250, supposed origin of, 270, 272 Ak-metchet, 61 Albana, 1--produce of, 2--Upper and Lower, 5--pea-santry of, 35--the native dress in, 8--cottages, 9 Alceste, the, 308, 375, 379 Alexandria, 157, 158 AH Bey, 174, 175. Mirza. the Persian Prince, 207.. the Vizier, 6--his large re-venues, Hi. Alps, Maritime, 53 Ambassador, how introduced, 253 Amherst, Lord, embassy of, 304--treatment of at Pekin, 329 Ampelakia, 32 Amphipolis, ruins of, 20 Amphitheatre, remains of, 379 Animals, noxious, 98 inCaubul, 259 Antiquities, 70 Apocalypse, convent of the, 20 Apollinopolis Magna, 165 Aqueduct, a remarkable, 376 Arabic charms, 162--customs, language, &c. 92, 93 Arabs, suffocated, 153 Arches, triumphal, 316, a great range of, 376 Argos, 25 Army, the British, from India, 83 Arrian the historian, 404 Asia, the misfortune of, 240 Athens, 22, 23 Azof, sea of, 50 B Babylon, city of, 234 Bacchus, a temple of, 21 Bactria or Bulkh, 261 Bade Simoom, or postilential wind, 231 Bahawalpore, 249 Baira...