| 单词 | Urga |
| 例句 | Mist crept up the hill from the Urga River at dawn and dusk, swaddling the fields in enchantment. Journeys: Art Sprouts in Russia 2010-10-02T05:01:00Z In the spring of 1987, at Lincoln Center Theater, he directed a multiweek workshop of a new version of the show called “The Race to Urga.” A Golden Team, a Terrible Title and a Show That Vanished 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z And both here, and for 200 m. south of Urga, streams are frequent, and grass grows more or less abundantly. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Besides this High Priest at Urga, there are over a hundred smaller incarnations—Gigens, as they are called—and these saintly beings possess unlimited means of plundering their votaries. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z Not long after the Russian railroad across Siberia was opened, Mr. Bates traveled along it to Irkutsk, and thence by sledge along the old post road to Urga in Mongolia. The Riverside Bulletin, March, 1910 Houghton Mifflin Books for Spring and Summer 2011-02-23T03:00:32.690Z Very early—so early that I cannot quite remember it—I was given into the charge of the abbot of a monastery at Urga. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z In south-western Siberia it is 12 or 14 in., diminishing as we proceed eastward to 6 or 7 in. at Barnaul, and to 5 or 6 in. at Urga in northern Mongolia. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The rainfall at Urga for the year amounts to only 9.7 in. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Herein lies a possible simplification of the Tibetan problem, which has already lost some of its complexity by the flight of the Dalai Lama to Urga. The Unveiling of Lhasa At the end of February the lama returned south to Urga, and I went back into Russia, and got a Buriat teacher. James Gilmour of Mongolia His diaries, letters, and reports On the fifth of this month Urga was captured and Ungern's 'White Guards' defeated. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z Urga bowed low, and departed, thrusting a malignant glance at Hilary. he Viceroy thrust off from him his bright yellow robes, wriggled his vast bulk swiftly into a close-fitting dull-gray tunic. Slaves of Mercury In Asia, a veritable inland empire was theirs, reaching from Urga to the Khingan Mountains. Spawn of the Comet As Mr. F. A. Larsen in Urga once said, "A Mongol would make a splendid cook if you could give him a horse to ride about on in the kitchen." Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' I had intended to remain over the summer in Urga, but unexpected difficulties turned up, and led me to decide on going down to Kalgan at once. James Gilmour of Mongolia His diaries, letters, and reports It remains to be seen what will be the effect of the railway Russia proposes to build between Verchneudinsk and Urga. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia "I could of course have you killed at once," he thought aloud, "and have no further trouble; but then Urga would be angry." Slaves of Mercury The third in rank is the High Lama at Urga in northern Mongolia. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Speaking of gods, I must not forget to mention the great lamasery at Turin, about one hundred and seventy miles from Urga. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' The journey across the desert, including a visit to Urga, occupied a month. James Gilmour of Mongolia His diaries, letters, and reports During my four days' trip from Urga there was very little traffic coming or going, and unless Mongolia's resources prove unexpectedly rich, the days of Kiakhta's prosperity are gone beyond recall. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia Urga reached out to clasp the frightened girl. Slaves of Mercury The caravan was large, for I had sixteen Mohammedan servants from Eastern Turkestan, two Russian and two Buriat Cossacks, and a Mongolian Lama from Urga. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The remaining one hundred and seventy miles to Urga are a delight, even to the motorist who loves the paved roads of cities. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Thus the historian Târanâtha is supposed to be reborn in the hierarchs of Urga. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 At long intervals, two hundred miles, these stations are found all the way to Urga and always in the charge of Chinese, serviceable, alien, homesick. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia "If you refuse I turn you over to Urga; he wants you." Slaves of Mercury Sooth to say, there are no towns, except Urga, a shrine for pilgrimage, the residence of a living Buddha, and Kiachta and Kalgan, terminal points of the caravan route already referred to. The Awakening of China The thick blackness of a rainy night had enveloped us long before we swung into the Urga Valley and groped our way along the Tola River bank toward the glimmering lights of the sacred city. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' The historian Târanâtha belonged to one of its sub-sects, and about 1600 settled in Mongolia where he founded the monastery of Urga and established the line of reincarnate Lamas which still rules there. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 It was destined for a Mongol prince in Urga, and I was given the honour of taking it across the desert. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia Urga's gray gash of a mouth seemed to smear slowly over the rest of his face. Slaves of Mercury A presumptive claim might be based on the fact, that the Grand Lama took refuge at Urga, where he remained until the Empress Dowager ordered him to return to his abandoned post. The Awakening of China Mr. E. V. Olufsen of Anderson, Meyer & Company, put himself, his house, and his servants at our disposal whenever we were in Urga and aided us in innumerable ways. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' The Grand Lama then fled to Urga, in which region he remained until 1907. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 The main trails that cross Mongolia from Kalgan to Urga are two. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia But by that time Urga had shot aloft again. Slaves of Mercury Inching along, we are inching along, At the pace of a snail, we are inching along, Our horses are hardy, our camels are strong, We all shall reach Urga by inching along. The Awakening of China Monsieur A. Orlow, Russian Diplomatic Agent in Urga, obtained permits from the Mongolian Government for our work in the Urga region and gave us much valuable advice. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' On the other hand the Grand Lamas of Urga are said to die young. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Over most of the seven hundred miles between Kalgan and Urga there are no trees save half a dozen scrub elms, and the only rivers are the Sha Ho, or "Rivers of Sand." A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia Urga's face mottled as he hastened to obey. Slaves of Mercury About two miles from the ford of the Tolla there is a Chinese settlement, which forms a sort of suburb to the Mongol town of Urga. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life This area more nearly approaches a desert than any other part of the road to Urga. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' This is a lofty mountain near Urga, covered with dense forest, and is indeed the first woody mountain reached in travelling from Peking. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 It was to appease his wounded vanity that a Russian official presented him with a motor-car which had been brought to Urga at vast expenditure of effort and money. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia "He was trying to get into the building, Cor Urga," he said respectfully. Slaves of Mercury Urga is not laid out in streets like most of the Chinese towns; its by-ways and high-ways are narrow and crooked, and form a network very puzzling to a stranger. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life We had seen him several times in Peking during the winter, and had planned the trip across the plains to Urga as une belle excursion. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' I shall drive you to Urga in my motor car. Beasts, Men and Gods Only as you approach Urga, north of the desert, would there be much in the way of bridging and embanking. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia Urga got up groggily, feeling gingerly the tender point of his jaw. Slaves of Mercury Great numbers of devotees from all parts of Mongolia visit Urga every year, the journey there having something of the sacred character which a Mahommedan attaches to a pilgrimage to Mecca. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life He was to take a complete Delco electric lighting plant to Urga, with the hope of installing it in the palace of the "Living God." Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' To Urga come pilgrims and presents from all the Lamaite and Buddhist world. Beasts, Men and Gods The hours were quite too short which I had to spend in Urga, the Urga of the Mongols; the other settlements were merely frontier posts, one Chinese style and the other Russian, new and uninteresting. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia A picture of the great temple at Urga, where she once had gone to worship, brought forth another volume of Mongolian adjectives and her friends literally fought for places in the front row. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' About the year 1205 the great battle between Timoujin and the sovereign then occupying the Mongol throne was fought a short distance from Urga. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Would it intern the belligerents, or allow them to use the Urga district as a base of operations? Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' The Lama Turgut traveling with me from Urga to Peking gave me further details. Beasts, Men and Gods I was sorry to leave Urga with so much unseen, sorry to see the last of Tchagan Hou, who had piloted me so skilfully across the desert—blessings on his good face! A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia Although blueberries grew on every hillside, we never found strawberries, such as the Russians in Urga gather on the Bogdo-ol, and only one patch of raspberries on a burned-off mountain slope. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' The people living at Urga build fences around their dwellings to protect their property from the thieves who are in large proportion among the pious travelers. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Coltman had sent a plentiful supply by caravan to await us here, and every available inch of space was filled with cans, for we were only one-quarter of the way to Urga. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' The Pontiffs of Lhasa and Urga know and possess her mystery. Beasts, Men and Gods The first day of my stay in Urga I devoted to repairing the damages of the journey across the desert. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia Mr. and Mrs. MacCallie had taken a house in Urga, just opposite the Russian Consulate, and they entertained us while I packed our collections which were stored in Andersen, Meyer's godown. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' The principal feature of Urga is the lamissary or convent where a great many lamas or holy men reside. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Warner was proceeding to Urga with two Czech officers who were on their way to Irkutsk. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' During my stay in Urga I tried to find an explanation of this legend about the King of the World. Beasts, Men and Gods Beyond Urga I must hire a droshky; the only way to travel was by steamer; I could never stand a cart; I could never sit so many hours in the saddle. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia Mr. Larsen told me that there is no part of the country between Kalgan and Urga in which water cannot be found within ten or twenty feet of the surface. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Urga is just being discovered as a fur market. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' We had sent flour, bacon, coffee, tea, sugar, butter and dried fruit, for these could be purchased in Urga only at prohibitive prices. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' But many of your officers know me and in Urga I can find many who will testify that I could be neither agitator nor. Beasts, Men and Gods The ponies looked full and fit after the good rest, and if all went well we should be in Urga before nightfall. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia The motor service for passengers which the Chinese Government maintains between Kalgan and Urga is a branch of the Peking-Suiyuan Railway and has proved successful after some initial difficulties due to careless and inexperienced chauffeurs. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Certainly not many years after the Gobi Desert has been crossed by lines of steel, and railroad sheds have replaced the gold-roofed temples of sacred Urga. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' A somewhat tentative proclamation of independence for Outer Mongolia was issued in December, 1911, by the Hutukhtu and nobles of Urga, and the Chinese were driven out of the country with little difficulty. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' It was from this custom, according to one explanation, that the town of Urga took its name among outsiders. Beasts, Men and Gods There is a community of about five hundred Russians in Urga, mostly traders and officials, and a fifth as many soldiers protecting them. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia In a few hours or days or weeks the river would disappear, and then they would go on to Urga. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' For a well-nigh rainless month we had been hunting upon the plains, while only one hundred and fifty miles away Urga had had an almost daily deluge. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Mr. Price's work also was done, for the telegraph from Urga to Irkutsk was again in operation and thus communication was established with Peking. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' "You know he helped me to form my detachment but Urga accuses him of being the agent of the Soviets." Beasts, Men and Gods Furthermore, the Russian Consul-General at Urga probably knows the secret of the long life of the present incumbent, who is well past the time that has proved so fatal to his predecessors. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia At the entrance to the main street of Urga below the Lama City I saw the black Mongol who had started all the trouble. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' The Mongols and Chinese often catch the same fish in the Tola River by means of nets and we sometimes bought them in Urga. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' It was three o'clock in the afternoon before we were ready to go on, and our camp that night was only sixty miles from Urga. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' When I captured Urga, this Mongol appeared and brought with him thirty other Mongol families similarly ruined by Noskoff. Beasts, Men and Gods Flowers, profusion of, in mountains of Yunnan and Szechuan, 62, 65, 66; in the Ta Tu valley, 144, 145; north of Urga, 292. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia Although Ted MacCallie tried to catch them with a fly at Urga he never had any success but they probably would take live bait. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Thus, by the time goods have reached Urga, their value has increased tremendously. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' He had come from Irkutsk carrying important dispatches and had taken passage in an automobile belonging to a Chinese company which with difficulty was maintaining a passenger service between Urga and Kalgan. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' From that day the Bogdo Gheghen has continuously lived in Urga, a protector of the freedom of Mongolia and of the Chinese Emperors of Mongolian origin. Beasts, Men and Gods It was a Chinese returning home from Urga, walking all the seven hundred miles across the desert to Kalgan. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia But what will they think when twenty men leave Kalgan at noon and dine in Urga at seven o'clock that night! Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' We were disconsolate because we wished to camp that night in Urga, and there were abundant signs that it could not be done. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' It was three days before another car carried him back to Urga, where the broken bones were badly set by a drunken Russian doctor. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Afterwards in Urga I learned more of this General Rezukhin distinguished by his absolute bravery and boundless cruelty. Beasts, Men and Gods The track was rough and boggy and often blocked by interminable trains of bullock carts laden with logs or dressed lumber, Urga's important exports. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia Many skins which have been taken well across the Russian frontier are sold in Urga, and as the trade increases it will command a still wider area. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Construction at Urga is well advanced and it will soon begin at Kashgar. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' The Coltmans and MacCallies were to stay only a few days in Urga, but they helped to make the trip across Mongolia one of the most delightful parts of our glorious summer. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' An hour and a half later we saw the electric lights of Urga. Beasts, Men and Gods Russians had been rather persona non grata in Urga since the collapse of the empire, and the Mongols were ready to annoy them whenever it was possible to do so and "get away with it." Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' He had been well-nigh killed before the lamas brought him down to Urga and was still unconscious when they dumped him unceremoniously into one of the prison coffins. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' At Urga, in June, the great meet which the Living God blesses with his presence is an amazing spectacle, reminiscent of the pageants of the ancient emperors. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Ude is the second telegraph station on the road to Urga. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' During my stay in Urga I visited the abode of the Living Buddha several times, spoke with him and observed his life. Beasts, Men and Gods Until we left Urga the second time Mongolia, to us, had meant only the Gobi Desert and the boundless, rolling plains. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' In it was a copy of Harper's Magazine containing an account of a flying visit which I had made to Urga in September, 1918. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' The customs of the Mongols are not all as gruesome as those I have described, yet Urga is essentially a frontier city where life is seen in the raw. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' But there was no time to stop, except for such game as actually crossed our path, else we should never have arrived at Urga, the City of the Living God. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' I felt that I had now a mortal enemy in Colonel Sepailoff and that I should get out of Urga at the earliest possible moment. Beasts, Men and Gods In writing of Urga's inhabitants and their way of life I am neglecting the city itself. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' We camped that night at a well in a sandy river bottom about ten miles beyond Ude, the halfway point on the trip to Urga. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Far up in northern Mongolia, where the forests stretch in an unbroken line to the Siberian frontier, lies Urga, the Sacred City of the Living Buddha. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Urga recently had been pregnant with war possibilities. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' "I must go also, for I am likewise leaving Urga today." Beasts, Men and Gods Three great races have met in Urga and each carries on, in this far corner of Mongolia, its own customs and way of life. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' The Russians came to Urga from the north and, until the recent war, their influence was paramount along the border. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' The Mongol goes farther still in accumulating virtue, and every native house in Urga is gay with fluttering bits of cloth or paper on which a prayer is written. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Four days after our arrival in Urga we left on the return trip. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' They came to Urga where the Bogdo Khan met them with honors and rejoicings. Beasts, Men and Gods In Urga a family of Mongols had erected their yurt in the courtyard of one of our friends. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Only a few Russians own chickens in Urga and their productions are well-nigh "golden eggs," for grain is very scarce and it takes an astounding number of rubles to buy a bushel. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' For some time he had been in charge of Andersen, Meyer's branch at Urga with Mr. E. W. Olufsen and we made their house our headquarters. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' In its imposing proportions it is tangible evidence of the Russian Colossus which not many years ago dominated Urga and all that is left of the ancient empire of the Khans. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' The Bogdo Khan knows every thought, every movement of the Princes and Khans, the slightest conspiracy against himself, and the offender is usually kindly invited to Urga, from where he does not return alive. Beasts, Men and Gods It is said that in former days he sometimes left his "heaven" to revel with convivial foreigners in Urga; but all this is gossip and we are discussing a very saintly person. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' We remained at Urga for ten days while preparations were under way for our first trip to the plains, and returned to it often during the summer. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Some years ago several Russians from Urga made their way up the mountain during the night and killed a bear. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' The introduction was such an unfortunate one that the party shied badly whenever antelope meat was mentioned during the remainder of the trip to Urga. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Ceasing to fight with the Pontiff of Urga, the Government contrived the following scheme for accomplishing its ends. Beasts, Men and Gods Our arrival in Urga was in the most approved manner of the twentieth century. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' It stands on a hill at the western end of Urga, surrounded by the tiny wooden dwellings of the priests. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Two months later when we had returned to Urga a Mongol came to our camp in great excitement and announced that we had one of his horses. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' At this camp, and during the journey back to Urga, we had many glorious hunts. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Several times the Pontiffs of Lhasa and Urga have sent envoys to the King of the World," said the Lama librarian, "but they could not find him. Beasts, Men and Gods On every hand there is constant evidence that Urga is a sacred city. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' In Urga we made a delightful and most valuable friend in the person of Mr. F. A. Larsen. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Our start from Urga was on a particularly beautiful day, even for Mongolia. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' In mid-July, when we returned to Urga, the vegetable season was at its height. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' The last Khan of the Olets, Amursana, ran away into Russia but before his escape sent to Urga the sacred 'black stone.' Beasts, Men and Gods We lost the uncomfortable sense of being merely spectators in the Urga theatricals, and forgot that we had come to the holy city by means of a very unromantic motor car. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Although the woman had visited Urga several times she had never seen a photograph or a magazine and for ten minutes there was no reaction. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' They were to spend the winter in Urga on business and they brought a supply of much needed ammunition, photographic plates, traps and my Mannlicher rifle. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' My wife and I both lack the philosophical nature of the Oriental, and it was a sore trial to camp within rifle shot of Urga. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' While it remained in Urga so that the Living Buddha could bless the people with it, disease and misfortune never touched the Mongolians and their cattle. Beasts, Men and Gods The Mongolian gazelle, on the other hand, is most abundant in the grasslands both north and south of the Gobi, but nevertheless has a continuous distribution across the plateau between Kalgan and Urga. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' The day that we arrived in Urga from the plains we found the city flooded. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' It was only forty miles from Urga and the first day's trip was a delight. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' We joined the motley throng of camels, carts, and horsemen; and even the motor car coughed and wheezed its way to Urga under the stimulus of two bearded Russians. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' "In a little while I shall leave Urga." Beasts, Men and Gods We learned from the Mongols that there was a wonderful shooting ground three hundred miles southwest of Urga in the country belonging to Sain Noin Khan. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' In Urga we had been led to believe that the entire trip to Sain Noin Khan's village could be done in eight days and that game was plentiful along the trail. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' It was especially gratifying to catch these marmots so easily, for we had been told in Urga that the Mongols could not trap them. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Therefore, Yvette and I decided that it would be well to ride into Urga and make arrangements for our return to Peking. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' In the monasteries at Lhasa and Tashi Lumpo they are kept constantly informed through letters from Urga about the health of the Living Buddha. Beasts, Men and Gods A short time after we had made our camp near the Terelche River a messenger arrived from Urga with a huge package of mail. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' When we went to Urga in May prime marmot skins were worth thirty cents each to the Mongols. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' After ten days we left the "Antelope Camp" to visit the Turin plain where we had seen much game on the way to Urga. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' We found that their southern limit is at Turin, one hundred and seventy-five miles from Urga. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' They related to me this sad news and the details of the fights when we met four months later in Urga. Beasts, Men and Gods Every year, in the spring, a children's race is held at Urga. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Late on a July afternoon my wife and I stood disconsolately in the middle of the road on the outskirts of Urga. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' We were one hundred and fifty miles from Urga and were still going slowly south, when we had our next real hunting camp. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' The first hunting camp was eighty miles south of Urga, after we had passed a succession of low hills and reached what, in prehistoric times, was probably a great lake basin. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' The Chinese carefully concealed the truth by preventing anybody from passing westward from Urga. Beasts, Men and Gods When we returned to Urga we had them all. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Having been told in Urga that soap was especially appreciated by the Mongols, I had brought a supply of red, blue, and green cakes which had a scent even more wonderful than the color. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Mr. Larsen in Urga had told us of herds like this, but we had never hoped to see one. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Several foreign fur houses of considerable importance already have their representatives in Urga and more are coming every year. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' The fourth town, Kobdo, has an essentially Chinese character, being the center of Chinese administration in this district inhabited by the wandering tribes only nominally recognizing the influence of either Peking or Urga. Beasts, Men and Gods In Urga itself you will probably be attacked if you walk unarmed through the meat market at night. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' I have never visited Constantinople, but if the Turkish city can boast of more dogs than Urga, it must be an exceedingly disagreeable place in which to dwell. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' The Chinese shops were our real help, for in Urga, as everywhere else in the Orient, the Chinese are the most successful merchants. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' The possibilities for development in this direction are almost boundless, and I believe that within a very few years Urga will become one of the greatest fur markets of the Orient. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Dark, terrifying tales were current about him in Urga. Beasts, Men and Gods That is I. This is the reason why the Most Holy Dalai Lama has honored me and why the Living Buddha in Urga fears me. Beasts, Men and Gods Baron Ungern had now been twice defeated, so that the Chinese were carrying on high-handed in Urga, suspecting all foreigners of having relations with the Russian General. Beasts, Men and Gods Afterwards he took up relations with the other Russian detachment of Colonel Kazagrandi and, together with the mobilized Mongolian riders, began the attack on Urga. Beasts, Men and Gods Camels make the journey from Kalgan to Urga in from thirty to fifty days, but the carts require twice as long. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' The Baron greeted me very kindly and shouted: "Shall see you again in Urga!" Beasts, Men and Gods The stranger began to find fault with the Government of the Living Buddha in Urga. Beasts, Men and Gods There they liberate Mongolia, capture Urga, defeat the Chinese army and here in the west they give us no news of it. Beasts, Men and Gods A young Mongol galloped in from Urga, his overcoat torn, his hair all dishevelled and fallen to his shoulders and a revolver prominent beneath his girdle. Beasts, Men and Gods We encountered only two species of antelope between Kalgan and Urga. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' I knew of Domojiroff's reports regarding myself but I decided, nevertheless, to proceed to Urga and not to swing round it, as Poletika had started to do when he was accidentally captured by Bezrodnoff. Beasts, Men and Gods The people were stricken with leprosy and black smallpox and had come from long distances only to find that the Hutuktu was not at the monastery but had gone to the Living Buddha in Urga. Beasts, Men and Gods |
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