Across Asia on a Bicycle by William Lewis Sachtleben (ebook reader .TXT) đź“•
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st"). When a bad piece of road or a steep ascent forced us to dismount he would bring his horse to a walk, roll a cigarette, and draw invidious comparisons between our steeds. His tone, however, changed when we reached a decline or long stretch of reasonably good road. Then he would cut across country to head us off, or shout after us at the top of his voice, "Yavash-yavash" ("Slowly, slowly"). On the whole we found them good-natured and companionable fellows, notwithstanding their interest in baksheesh which we were compelled at last, in self-defense, to fix at one piaster an hour. We frequently shared with them our frugal, and even scanty meals; and in turn they assisted us in our purchases and arrangements for lodgings, for their word, we found, was with the common people an almost unwritten law. Then, too, they were of great assistance in crossing streams where the depth would have necessitated the stripping of garments; although their fiery little steeds sometimes objected to having an extra rid
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page 82, period changed to comma (after “was”)
page 140, “Siberan” changed to “Siberian”
Inconsistent hyphenation (e. g. “footsteps” and “foot-steps”, “innkeeper” and “inn-keeper”, “moonlight” and “moon-light”, “pigtails” and “pig-tails”, “wickerwork” and “wicker-work”), punctuation or italicizing has not been changed. The authors use both “Yengiz” and “Yenghiz”, “bakshish” and “baksheesh”, “pilaff” and “pillao”.
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