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 24
... stream now flowed through it . They all said that the wady is close to Burâk , running along the border of the rocks on the east side of it ; and that no stream ever flows in it , except when the snow is melting in the mountains or ...
... stream now flowed through it . They all said that the wady is close to Burâk , running along the border of the rocks on the east side of it ; and that no stream ever flows in it , except when the snow is melting in the mountains or ...
Page 29
... stream into the great cisterns of the town , for summer supply . For nearly an hour we continued winding slowly through this labyrinth of rocks . This is a section of the celebrated Lejah , and , as that district is all like this ...
... stream into the great cisterns of the town , for summer supply . For nearly an hour we continued winding slowly through this labyrinth of rocks . This is a section of the celebrated Lejah , and , as that district is all like this ...
Page 51
... streams which are now seen in the plain of Damascus , by a canal carried along for several miles at a little depth beneath the surface . Due south from Hît , about ten miles distant , a lofty conical peak shoots up over the surrounding ...
... streams which are now seen in the plain of Damascus , by a canal carried along for several miles at a little depth beneath the surface . Due south from Hît , about ten miles distant , a lofty conical peak shoots up over the surrounding ...
Page 87
... stream , the first we had seen since we left the ' Awaj . From the height above this wady we saw the ruined town of ' Atîl , a mile and a half distant on our right , surrounded by forests of oak . It lies on the straight road leading ...
... stream , the first we had seen since we left the ' Awaj . From the height above this wady we saw the ruined town of ' Atîl , a mile and a half distant on our right , surrounded by forests of oak . It lies on the straight road leading ...
Page 90
... stream , the precipitous banks are much loftier at the upper than at the lower part of the ruins . I estimated the extreme length of the city at about a mile , and the breadth nearly half a mile . On the southern side of the ruins is ...
... stream , the precipitous banks are much loftier at the upper than at the lower part of the ruins . I estimated the extreme length of the city at about a mile , and the breadth nearly half a mile . On the southern side of the ruins is ...
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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