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 9
... rode our own steeds . The beds and other baggage were placed on the backs of camels , and on we swept with the now swelling caravan . These arrangements , simple as they may appear , were not made with such order or despatch as might be ...
... rode our own steeds . The beds and other baggage were placed on the backs of camels , and on we swept with the now swelling caravan . These arrangements , simple as they may appear , were not made with such order or despatch as might be ...
Page 10
... rode along the plain in a south - easterly direction , amid vast droves of camels . On each side of the road are exten- sive olive plantations , with intervening open fields of wheat and barley . After proceeding about a mile , the ...
... rode along the plain in a south - easterly direction , amid vast droves of camels . On each side of the road are exten- sive olive plantations , with intervening open fields of wheat and barley . After proceeding about a mile , the ...
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... rode to the front , where I was soon joined by my companions and by a Christian called Mûsa , who appeared to take the leader- ship . Mûsa was an old acquaintance , and he seemed no little astonished to find me here . He is son of the ...
... rode to the front , where I was soon joined by my companions and by a Christian called Mûsa , who appeared to take the leader- ship . Mûsa was an old acquaintance , and he seemed no little astonished to find me here . He is son of the ...
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... rode a white mare of good blood , and , from his dress and equipments , was evidently superior to his companions . We left the river - side at 1.50 , and our road led us nearly due south over a fertile plain , but altogether un ...
... rode a white mare of good blood , and , from his dress and equipments , was evidently superior to his companions . We left the river - side at 1.50 , and our road led us nearly due south over a fertile plain , but altogether un ...
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... rode in front , saw a horseman suddenly disappear behind a rising ground half a mile eastward . He at once called a halt , and a Druze volunteered to go to the summit of an adjoining tell , and ascertain whether any marauding party was ...
... rode in front , saw a horseman suddenly disappear behind a rising ground half a mile eastward . He at once called a halt , and a Druze volunteered to go to the summit of an adjoining tell , and ascertain whether any marauding party was ...
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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