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
... lofty Tell Abu Yazîd on our left appeared as an island . The camels a short distance in front seemed to be wading through the shallow water along the margin of the lake , and their shadows were reflected from its glassy surface . On ...
... lofty Tell Abu Yazîd on our left appeared as an island . The camels a short distance in front seemed to be wading through the shallow water along the margin of the lake , and their shadows were reflected from its glassy surface . On ...
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... lofty Tell Amâra rose up in the centre of it ; and Jebel Haurân shut in the view more to the east . Some miles off to the left I saw large flocks , and a few horsemen wandering among them . These , I was informed , were the shepherds of ...
... lofty Tell Amâra rose up in the centre of it ; and Jebel Haurân shut in the view more to the east . Some miles off to the left I saw large flocks , and a few horsemen wandering among them . These , I was informed , were the shepherds of ...
Page 19
... lofty range of Jebel Khiyârah , black and barren . On our left were some mounds with green patches of verdure on their sides and in the little vales between them . At 5 o'clock we passed their western base , and here crossed the bed of ...
... lofty range of Jebel Khiyârah , black and barren . On our left were some mounds with green patches of verdure on their sides and in the little vales between them . At 5 o'clock we passed their western base , and here crossed the bed of ...
Page 32
... lofty Tell Khaledîyeh appeared on the eastern horizon , and as the morning advanced we could distinguish the ruins that crown its summit . We also observed that the whole plain on our left exhibited signs of cultivation , and appeared ...
... lofty Tell Khaledîyeh appeared on the eastern horizon , and as the morning advanced we could distinguish the ruins that crown its summit . We also observed that the whole plain on our left exhibited signs of cultivation , and appeared ...
Page 51
... lofty conical peak shoots up over the surrounding hills , and forms a prominent object in the landscape . It is called Tell Abu Tumeis , and is one of the highest summits in the Jebel Haurân . It is visible from a great distance like ...
... lofty conical peak shoots up over the surrounding hills , and forms a prominent object in the landscape . It is called Tell Abu Tumeis , and is one of the highest summits in the Jebel Haurân . It is visible from a great distance like ...
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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