Five Years in Damascus: Including an Account of the History, Topography, and Antiquities of that City : with Travels and Researches in Palmyra, Lebanon, and the Hauran, Volume 2John Murray, 1855 - Damascus (Syria) |
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Page 13
... bank of the river , a few miles higher up , contrast strongly with the dark sides and summits of Mani'a that tower over them . This fine valley is almost a desert now , and the population is СНАР . Х. 13 TO THE JEBEL HAURAN .
... bank of the river , a few miles higher up , contrast strongly with the dark sides and summits of Mani'a that tower over them . This fine valley is almost a desert now , and the population is СНАР . Х. 13 TO THE JEBEL HAURAN .
Page 15
... banks of the Euphrates ; but the late war had drawn these daring marauders from their accustomed haunts , and they endured the rain and the cold in the hope of plunder . It was far from certain , therefore , whether our course would not ...
... banks of the Euphrates ; but the late war had drawn these daring marauders from their accustomed haunts , and they endured the rain and the cold in the hope of plunder . It was far from certain , therefore , whether our course would not ...
Page 29
... wady Liwa , and crossed it diagonally to the eastern bank . Here having surmounted the gentle slope we rode along a rolling plain with occasional boulders of basalt and some rock - fields СНАР . Х. 29 TO THE JEBEL HAURAN .
... wady Liwa , and crossed it diagonally to the eastern bank . Here having surmounted the gentle slope we rode along a rolling plain with occasional boulders of basalt and some rock - fields СНАР . Х. 29 TO THE JEBEL HAURAN .
Page 31
... banks of the wady were rocky and irregular , while the Lejah beyond it presented the same uniform appear- ance of a broken rocky surface , the side of it being clearly defined , and generally corresponding with the left bank of the Liwa ...
... banks of the wady were rocky and irregular , while the Lejah beyond it presented the same uniform appear- ance of a broken rocky surface , the side of it being clearly defined , and generally corresponding with the left bank of the Liwa ...
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... banks , and extend over the level plain as far as we could see . In the plain we could not see a single trace of habitation , but on the borders of the Lejah we noticed many towns and villages half ruinous and wholly deserted . These ...
... banks , and extend over the level plain as far as we could see . In the plain we could not see a single trace of habitation , but on the borders of the Lejah we noticed many towns and villages half ruinous and wholly deserted . These ...
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Abulfeda afterwards ancient Antilibanus appears Arab Argob Baalbek bank basalt Bashan Batanæa Bathanyeh beautiful Bedawîn border Bostra Bozrah building Burckhardt Busrah called caravan castle Christian church columns crossed Damascus declivity Deir Der'a deserted distance door Druze east eastern eastward Edom Edrei extends Fcap feet Gaulanitis Gilead glen Greek inscription half an hour Hamath heaps hills History horses houses inhabitants Jabbok Jebel Haurân Josephus Kenath Kerioth Kunawât Kureiyeh latter Lejah Libanus lofty Mahmûd miles minutes Moab monument mosk mountains Mûsa nearly northern observed passed plain Plates Portrait Post 8vo province ravine reached Riblah ridge Ritter road rocks rode Roman round ruins Salcah Second Edition seen sheikh side sketch slope soil spot stones Sulkhad summit Suweideh Syria tell temple Third Edition towers town Trachonitis Travels in Syria tribe village visited Vols wady walls whole wild Woodcuts Zedad