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 14
... remains of the ancient canal still existing , and the ruined and deserted villages around , prove that it was at one time densely peopled ; and the traveller has only to look at the richness of the soil and the abundance of the waters ...
... remains of the ancient canal still existing , and the ruined and deserted villages around , prove that it was at one time densely peopled ; and the traveller has only to look at the richness of the soil and the abundance of the waters ...
Page 16
... remains of a comparatively modern village built of stones . Half a mile beyond it we crossed the dry bed of an ancient canal , which was apparently intended for the irrigation of the whole of this fine plain . It comes from Adalîyeh ...
... remains of a comparatively modern village built of stones . Half a mile beyond it we crossed the dry bed of an ancient canal , which was apparently intended for the irrigation of the whole of this fine plain . It comes from Adalîyeh ...
Page 17
... remains of an ancient wall , which ran in a straight line westward across the plateau , up the side of the valley , and over the summit of the hills in the distance . Our view towards the east was shut in by the rising ground , but the ...
... remains of an ancient wall , which ran in a straight line westward across the plateau , up the side of the valley , and over the summit of the hills in the distance . Our view towards the east was shut in by the rising ground , but the ...
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... remains- strangers could not then pass the house or tent of the patriarch without being constrained to go in and take food ; and so it is even now . The wonderful expedition in the preparation of food , when the lamb , or kid , or ...
... remains- strangers could not then pass the house or tent of the patriarch without being constrained to go in and take food ; and so it is even now . The wonderful expedition in the preparation of food , when the lamb , or kid , or ...
Page 53
... remains of antiquity scattered through this moun- tain range alone . Deserted and partially ruined cities , with multitudes of inscriptions , were said to exist on their eastern declivities and along their base , extending far into the ...
... remains of antiquity scattered through this moun- tain range alone . Deserted and partially ruined cities , with multitudes of inscriptions , were said to exist on their eastern declivities and along their base , extending far into the ...
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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