Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume 2 (of 2)

Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume 2 (of 2) - Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs

This text includes vowels with macrons ("long" mark): , , , , and which require a Unicode (UTF-8) file encoding. If any of these characters do not display properly, you may have an incompatible browser or unavailable fonts. First, make sure that the browser's "character set" or "file encoding" is set to Unicode (UTF-8). You may also need to change your browser's default font. The index to this book contains links to Volume I of this two-volume work. The links are designed to work when the book is read on line. If you want to download both volumes and use the index, you will need to change the links to point to the file name of Volume I on your own device. Two days before we left Chigakhor fierce heat set in, with a blue heat haze. Since then the mercury has reached 98 in the shade. The call to "Boot and Saddle" is at 3.45. Black flies, sand-flies, mosquitos, scorpions, and venomous spiders abound. There is no hope of change or clouds or showers until the autumn. Greenery is fast scorching up. "The heaven above is as brass, and the earth beneath is as iron." The sky is a merciless steely blue. The earth radiates heat far on into the night. "Man goeth forth to his work," not "till the evening," but in the evening. The Ilyats, with their great brown flocks, march all night. The pools are dry, and the lesser streams have disappeared. The wheat on the rain-lands is scorched before the ears are full, and when the stalks are only six inches long. This is a normal Persian summer in Lat. 32 N. The only way of fighting this heat is never to yield to it, to plod on persistently, and never have an idle moment, but I do often long for an Edinburgh east wind, for drifting clouds and rain, and even for a chilly London fog! This same country is said to be buried under seven or eight feet of snow in winter. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 38828
Author: Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
Release Date: Feb 11, 2012
Format: eBook
Language: English