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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... region . Whatever might tend to illus- trate and explain any passage in the Word of God , I have always considered it my duty carefully to observe and accurately to note ; while traversing Bible Lands , there- fore , and visiting some ...
... region . Whatever might tend to illus- trate and explain any passage in the Word of God , I have always considered it my duty carefully to observe and accurately to note ; while traversing Bible Lands , there- fore , and visiting some ...
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... region westward and northward of this line is a soft , white , cretaceous limestone , abounding with fossils ; while the district southward and eastward , as far as I have travelled , is one unbroken field of trap- rock . In Jebel el ...
... region westward and northward of this line is a soft , white , cretaceous limestone , abounding with fossils ; while the district southward and eastward , as far as I have travelled , is one unbroken field of trap- rock . In Jebel el ...
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... region itself appeared in the distance . The lofty Tell Amâra rose up in the centre of it ; and Jebel Haurân shut in ... regions . At 4.15 we passed along the base of one of these tells , on the eastern side of which , near the summit ...
... region itself appeared in the distance . The lofty Tell Amâra rose up in the centre of it ; and Jebel Haurân shut in ... 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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... gloomy aspect of this forbidding region . Night soon closed around us , and , as dark clouds covered the whole heavens , we could not distinguish objects even at the distance of a few yards . CHAP . X. 19 TO THE JEBEL HAURAN .
... gloomy aspect of this forbidding region . Night soon closed around us , and , as dark clouds covered the whole heavens , we could not distinguish objects even at the distance of a few yards . CHAP . X. 19 TO THE JEBEL HAURAN .
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... region . The path here became stony , and was not very clearly defined ; deep gullies , filled with mud and water , occasionally made a slight détour necessary . On we swept , however , over plain and through defiles , trusting to our ...
... region . The path here became stony , and was not very clearly defined ; deep gullies , filled with mud and water , occasionally made a slight détour necessary . On we swept , however , over plain and through defiles , trusting to our ...
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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