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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... soil . I lost no time in communicating with my companions , and making the necessary preparations for a fortnight's travel . A single change of clothes , a substantial lehâf to serve as bed and coverlet , a pocket sextant , a large and ...
... soil . I lost no time in communicating with my companions , and making the necessary preparations for a fortnight's travel . A single change of clothes , a substantial lehâf to serve as bed and coverlet , a pocket sextant , a large and ...
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... soil in this neighbourhood , and to supply the little village of Nejha . The ground along the base of this range is thickly strewn with boulders and small fragments of basalt , and the rock itself crops up over the soil in many places ...
... soil in this neighbourhood , and to supply the little village of Nejha . The ground along the base of this range is thickly strewn with boulders and small fragments of basalt , and the rock itself crops up over the soil in many places ...
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... soil and the abundance of the waters to see what it might become under an encouraging government and in the hands of an industrious and enterprising people . We remained in the village some time examining the features of the country ...
... soil and the abundance of the waters to see what it might become under an encouraging government and in the hands of an industrious and enterprising people . We remained in the village some time examining the features of the country ...
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... soil lighter towards the base of the low spur that runs out eastward from Mânia . At 2.45 we began the ascent of a rocky slope , and the path was in some places almost blocked up by huge fragments of basalt . About two miles farther ...
... soil lighter towards the base of the low spur that runs out eastward from Mânia . At 2.45 we began the ascent of a rocky slope , and the path was in some places almost blocked up by huge fragments of basalt . About two miles farther ...
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... soil , surrounded on all sides , except the south , by stony declivities . The great plain along the borders of Lejah opened up before us , and that wild region itself appeared in the distance . The lofty Tell Amâra rose up in the ...
... soil , surrounded on all sides , except the south , by stony declivities . The great plain along the borders of Lejah opened up before us , and that wild region itself appeared in the distance . The lofty Tell Amâra rose up in 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