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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Page 12
... examined if any unevenness of the ground could still hide it ; but no ! it had vanished ! The whole had been an optical delusion , strange as it was beautiful . We now skirted the eastern base of Jebel el - Aswad , and I observed an ...
... examined if any unevenness of the ground could still hide it ; but no ! it had vanished ! The whole had been an optical delusion , strange as it was beautiful . We now skirted the eastern base of Jebel el - Aswad , and I observed an ...
Page 14
... examining the features of the country , and the caravan , as group after group of camels passed by below , swept across the plain , and contributed to swell up the motley throng that assembled beyond the river . A cold wind ...
... examining the features of the country , and the caravan , as group after group of camels passed by below , swept across the plain , and contributed to swell up the motley throng that assembled beyond the river . A cold wind ...
Page 15
... examined his musket and prepared for action . The attacks of the Bedawîn , when made , are sudden and impetuous , and resistance , if effectual , must be prompt and decided . During the winter season this route is , in general , pretty ...
... examined his musket and prepared for action . The attacks of the Bedawîn , when made , are sudden and impetuous , and resistance , if effectual , must be prompt and decided . During the winter season this route is , in general , pretty ...
Page 21
... examine the nature of the barrier , and found a long line of squatting camels picketed in front . The voice of Mûsa in the mean time grew fainter until lost in the distance . It was now my time to shout Mûsa ! Mûsa ! And twenty others ...
... examine the nature of the barrier , and found a long line of squatting camels picketed in front . The voice of Mûsa in the mean time grew fainter until lost in the distance . It was now my time to shout Mûsa ! Mûsa ! And twenty others ...
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... examining this section of the country afterwards from the northern brow of the Jebel Haurân , with a telescope , I was able to trace the line of the wady . The distance of Burâk from the southern end of the lake Hîjâneh is about six ...
... examining this section of the country afterwards from the northern brow of the Jebel Haurân , with a telescope , I was able to trace the line of the wady . The distance of Burâk from the southern end of the lake Hîjâneh is about six ...
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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