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
... region westward and northward of this line is a soft , white , cretaceous limestone , abounding with fossils ; while the district southward and eastward , as far as I have travelled , is one unbroken field of trap- rock . In Jebel el ...
... region westward and northward of this line is a soft , white , cretaceous limestone , abounding with fossils ; while the district southward and eastward , as far as I have travelled , is one unbroken field of trap- rock . In Jebel el ...
Page 18
... region itself appeared in the distance . The lofty Tell Amâra rose up in the centre of it ; and Jebel Haurân shut in ... regions . At 4.15 we passed along the base of one of these tells , on the eastern side of which , near the summit ...
... region itself appeared in the distance . The lofty Tell Amâra rose up in the centre of it ; and Jebel Haurân shut in ... regions . At 4.15 we passed along the base of one of these tells , on the eastern side of which , near the summit ...
Page 19
... gloomy aspect of this forbidding region . Night soon closed around us , and , as dark clouds covered the whole heavens , we could not distinguish objects even at the distance of a few yards . CHAP . X. 19 TO THE JEBEL HAURAN .
... gloomy aspect of this forbidding region . Night soon closed around us , and , as dark clouds covered the whole heavens , we could not distinguish objects even at the distance of a few yards . CHAP . X. 19 TO THE JEBEL HAURAN .
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... region . The path here became stony , and was not very clearly defined ; deep gullies , filled with mud and water , occasionally made a slight détour necessary . On we swept , however , over plain and through defiles , trusting to our ...
... region . The path here became stony , and was not very clearly defined ; deep gullies , filled with mud and water , occasionally made a slight détour necessary . On we swept , however , over plain and through defiles , trusting to our ...
Page 49
... region which are manifestly of Roman origin , or at least were reconstructed in the Roman age . The houses are all massive and simple in plan , with stone roofs sup- ported on arches , and stone doors . Some of the latter are finely ...
... region which are manifestly of Roman origin , or at least were reconstructed in the Roman age . The houses are all massive and simple in plan , with stone roofs sup- ported on arches , and stone doors . Some of the latter are finely ...
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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