This pass is described as situated in the Kisil-korum Range, which is a branch from the Kara-tagh Range. The next day they arrived at the great lake Aksáe Chin, 16,620 feet, although I cannot make out what particular lake he means.]

Now that the honeymoon is over, it’s time for us to get down to the business at hand.

The voice of the auctioneer is slow and low […] ; after a pause, which seems no silenter than the rest of the transaction, he ceases to repeat the bids, and his fish, in the measure of a bushel or so, have gone for a matter of three shillings.

How often, in the course of lecturizing the state, will the awful fate of Ulysses S. Grant be cited as an example of death due to cigars?