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... village with a channel made only a generation ago . That village has no pasture because all the . local pastures already belong to other villages . Some people there manage to keep a milch - cow or goat in the village itself , but ...
... village with a channel made only a generation ago . That village has no pasture because all the . local pastures already belong to other villages . Some people there manage to keep a milch - cow or goat in the village itself , but ...
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... village with a channel made only a generation ago . That village has no pasture because all the local pastures already belong to other villages . Some people there manage to keep a milch - cow or goat in the village it- self , but ...
... village with a channel made only a generation ago . That village has no pasture because all the local pastures already belong to other villages . Some people there manage to keep a milch - cow or goat in the village it- self , but ...
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... village of Sinaker , asking our questions about the farming ( Plate 14.1 ) . Shading the mosque and half the village too , it seemed , was an enor- mous chenar with five trunks , each as large as a normal tree . We remarked upon its ...
... village of Sinaker , asking our questions about the farming ( Plate 14.1 ) . Shading the mosque and half the village too , it seemed , was an enor- mous chenar with five trunks , each as large as a normal tree . We remarked upon its ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
The Mountains | 10 |
A Difficult Precipitous and Dangerous Road | 25 |
Copyright | |
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