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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... soil . I lost no time in communicating with my companions , and making the necessary preparations for a fortnight's travel . A single change of clothes , a substantial lehâf to serve as bed and coverlet , a pocket sextant , a large and ...
... soil . I lost no time in communicating with my companions , and making the necessary preparations for a fortnight's travel . A single change of clothes , a substantial lehâf to serve as bed and coverlet , a pocket sextant , a large and ...
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... soil in this neighbourhood , and to supply the little village of Nejha . The ground along the base of this range is thickly strewn with boulders and small fragments of basalt , and the rock itself crops up over the soil in many places ...
... soil in this neighbourhood , and to supply the little village of Nejha . The ground along the base of this range is thickly strewn with boulders and small fragments of basalt , and the rock itself crops up over the soil in many places ...
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... soil and the abundance of the waters to see what it might become under an encouraging government and in the hands of an industrious and enterprising people . We remained in the village some time examining the features of the country ...
... soil and the abundance of the waters to see what it might become under an encouraging government and in the hands of an industrious and enterprising people . We remained in the village some time examining the features of the country ...
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... soil lighter towards the base of the low spur that runs out eastward from Mâni'a . At 2.45 we began the ascent of a rocky slope , and the path was in some places almost blocked up by huge fragments of basalt . About two miles farther ...
... soil lighter towards the base of the low spur that runs out eastward from Mâni'a . At 2.45 we began the ascent of a rocky slope , and the path was in some places almost blocked up by huge fragments of basalt . About two miles farther ...
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... soil , surrounded on all sides , except the south , by stony declivities . The great plain along the borders of Lejah opened up before us , and that wild region itself appeared in the distance . The lofty Tell Amâra rose up in the ...
... soil , surrounded on all sides , except the south , by stony declivities . The great plain along the borders of Lejah opened up before us , and that wild region itself appeared in the distance . The lofty Tell Amâra rose up in the ...
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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