Five Years in Damascus, Volume 2J. Murray, 1855 - Damascus (Syria) |
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... present and the prim- eval languages . Names of places are thus , in many instances , preserved in their original form , or in some such form as tends to suggest the original . The lists of villages , ruined cities , and towns collected ...
... present and the prim- eval languages . Names of places are thus , in many instances , preserved in their original form , or in some such form as tends to suggest the original . The lists of villages , ruined cities , and towns collected ...
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... presents the appearance of having , at no very remote period , been under cultivation . The borders of the Lejah were now clearly defined as a rocky shore , and we could distinguish several large villages and towns built among the rocks ...
... presents the appearance of having , at no very remote period , been under cultivation . The borders of the Lejah were now clearly defined as a rocky shore , and we could distinguish several large villages and towns built among the rocks ...
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... present day , it has formed the asylum of a race of robbers . Soon after emerging from the defiles , in which our way had been impeded by the multitudes of camels and donkeys crowded together , we descended into wady Liwa , and crossed ...
... present day , it has formed the asylum of a race of robbers . Soon after emerging from the defiles , in which our way had been impeded by the multitudes of camels and donkeys crowded together , we descended into wady Liwa , and crossed ...
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... present the same general features , being built of black basalt ; the houses are low , and the walls of great thickness and strength . In every village are several square towers from thirty to forty feet high , resembling ancient ...
... present the same general features , being built of black basalt ; the houses are low , and the walls of great thickness and strength . In every village are several square towers from thirty to forty feet high , resembling ancient ...
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... present inhabitants have selected the most convenient and comfortable chambers , and in these have settled down without alterations or additions . The roofs are all of stone , like those of Burâk , and so also are the doors ; but I ...
... present inhabitants have selected the most convenient and comfortable chambers , and in these have settled down without alterations or additions . The roofs are all of stone , like those of Burâk , and so also are the doors ; but I ...
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Abulfeda afterwards ancient Antilibanus appears Arab Argob Baalbek bank Barnett basalt Bashan Batanæa Bathanyeh beautiful Bedawîn border Bostra Bozrah building Burckhardt Busrah called caravan castle Christian columns crossed Damascus declivity Deir Der'a deserted distance door Druze east eastern eastward Edrei extends Fcap feet Gaulanitis Gilead glen Greek inscription half an hour Hamath heaps hills History Hît horses inhabitants Jabbok Jebel Haurân Josephus Kenath Kerioth Kunawât Kureiyeh latter Lejah Libanus lofty Mahmûd miles minutes Moab monument mosk mountains Mûsa nearly northern observed passed plain Portrait Post 8vo province ravine reached Reland Riblah ridge Ritter river road rocks rocky rode Roman round ruins Salcah Second Edition seen sheikh side slope soil spot stones Sulkhad summit Suweideh Syria tell temple Third Edition towers town Trachonitis Travels in Syria tribe village visited Vols wady walls whole wild Woodcuts Zedad
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