 | John Murray, John Murray (Firm) - 1845 - 510 σελίδες
...Starting. — m. Steam-boats. INTRODUCTION. { Я. MAXIMS AND HINTS ГОН TRAVELLING IN THE EAST. " THROUGHOUT European, and a great portion of Asiatic...horseback. With the same horses the average rate may be twenty to twentyfive miles a day. With post-horses, changing at stages varying from ten to eighteen... | |
 | Reinhold Schiffer - 1999 - 460 σελίδες
...Murray's Handbook trustingly quoted him: Throughout European, and a great portion of Asiatic Turkey, [...] people travel on horseback. With the same horses,...accomplished; 100 is fast travelling; 150 the fastest." Considerable scepticism as regards daily distances is indicated. Admittedly, expert horsemen such as... | |
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In the country, the horse was the only feasible means of transport. Urquhart pronounced so magisterially on the point that Murray's Handbook trustingly quoted him: Throughout European, and a great portion of Asiatic Turkey, [...] people travel on horseback.... 