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Dardistan in 1866, 1886 and 1893 : being an account of the history, religions, customs, legends, fables and songs of Gilgit Chilas, Kandia (Gabrial) Yasin, Chitral, Hunza, Nagyr and other parts of the
Hindukush; as also a suppl. to the 2. ed. of The Hunza and Nagyr handbook and an epitome of
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A lecture on the races of Turkey, both of Europe and of Asia, and the state of their education: being, principally, a contribution to
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