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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... horses to my house in the city . 9 The first appointed place of rendezvous was Bab Shurky , and there our little party was mustered . It consisted of Mr. Barnett , Mr. myself , Nikôla ( Mr.'s drago- man , formerly my dragoman ) , with ...
... horses to my house in the city . 9 The first appointed place of rendezvous was Bab Shurky , and there our little party was mustered . It consisted of Mr. Barnett , Mr. myself , Nikôla ( Mr.'s drago- man , formerly my dragoman ) , with ...
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... horses , and camels . After some searching and much wrangling he succeeded in dragging from their reluctant owners two miserable - looking horses , not much larger than ordinary donkeys , and the state of whose bodies did not speak well ...
... horses , and camels . After some searching and much wrangling he succeeded in dragging from their reluctant owners two miserable - looking horses , not much larger than ordinary donkeys , and the state of whose bodies did not speak well ...
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... 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 is abundantly watered by the subterranean canals described in the last ...
... 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 is abundantly watered by the subterranean canals described in the last ...
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... horses , we descended the tell , and galloped across the rich meadow - land to the river - side . The ' Awaj is here spanned by an ancient and substantial stone bridge , at the distance of about half a mile from the village . After ...
... horses , we descended the tell , and galloped across the rich meadow - land to the river - side . The ' Awaj is here spanned by an ancient and substantial stone bridge , at the distance of about half a mile from the village . After ...
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... horse becoming impatient , I 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 ...
... horse becoming impatient , I 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 ...
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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