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 2Murray, 1855 - 372 pages |
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... east , sur- rounded with its gardens , appeared like an island at the foot of the hills . In twenty - five minutes we passed Yelda , close upon the left , containing a few ruins , consisting of foundations of hewn stone and Corinthian ...
... east , sur- rounded with its gardens , appeared like an island at the foot of the hills . In twenty - five minutes we passed Yelda , close upon the left , containing a few ruins , consisting of foundations of hewn stone and Corinthian ...
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... east . Aiyûb having arrived , and having provided a supply of barley for our horses , we mounted again at 12 o'clock . Eastward from Kabr es - Sit the plain is totally destitute of trees , and only a small part of it is cultivated . It ...
... east . Aiyûb having arrived , and having provided a supply of barley for our horses , we mounted again at 12 o'clock . Eastward from Kabr es - Sit the plain is totally destitute of trees , and only a small part of it is cultivated . It ...
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... east and west . At the former place the boundary - line turns nearly south- west till it meets the ' Awaj , which then forms the dividing line to S'as'a , and westward to near the mouth of Wady Beit Jenn . The whole region westward and ...
... east and west . At the former place the boundary - line turns nearly south- west till it meets the ' Awaj , which then forms the dividing line to S'as'a , and westward to near the mouth of Wady Beit Jenn . The whole region westward and ...
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... east is diversified with low isolated ridges , intermixed with lofty conical tells , such as are common in all volcanic regions . At 4.15 we passed along the base of one of these tells , on the eastern side of which , near the summit ...
... east is diversified with low isolated ridges , intermixed with lofty conical tells , such as are common in all volcanic regions . At 4.15 we passed along the base of one of these tells , on the eastern side of which , near the summit ...
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... east corner of the Lejah , and is completely encompassed by broken masses of naked rock , the paths among which are tortuous and almost impracticable for horses . I inquired of Mûsa and several others about the Wady Liwa , and whether a ...
... east corner of the Lejah , and is completely encompassed by broken masses of naked rock , the paths among which are tortuous and almost impracticable for horses . I inquired of Mûsa and several others about the Wady Liwa , and whether a ...
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Abulfeda afterwards ancient Antilibanus appears Arab Argob Baalbek bank Barnett basalt Bashan Batanæa Bathanyeh beautiful Bedawîn beside border Bostra Bozrah building Burâk Burckhardt Busrah called Canatha castle Christian columns crossed Damascus declivity Deir Der'a deserted distance door Druzes east eastern eastward Edhr'a Edom Edrei erected extends Fcap feet Gaulanitis Gilead glen Greek inscription half an hour heaps Hebrân hills Hît horses inhabitants Jabbok Jebel Haurân Kenath Kerioth Kunawât Kureiyeh Lejah Libanus lofty Mahmûd Manasseh miles minutes Moab monument mosk mountains Mûsa nearly northern observed passed plain Post 8vo province ravine reached Reland Riblah ridge Ritter road rocks rocky rode Roman round rugged ruins Salcah Second Edition seen sheikh sheikh's house Shuhba side slope soil southern spot stones Sulkhad summit Suweideh Syria tell temple town Trachonitis Travels in Syria tribe village visited Vols wady walls whole wild Woodcuts