Syria, the Holy Land, Asia Minor, &c. Illustrated: In a Series of Views Drawn from Nature, Volume 1Fisher, Son, & Company, 1836 - 256 pages |
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... banks , there are at intervals excellent springs , which offer a purer draught . TRIPOLI . This View is taken above the convent of Derwishy , which is seen below , on the river's bank : a Maronite priest is conversing in the path above ...
... banks , there are at intervals excellent springs , which offer a purer draught . TRIPOLI . This View is taken above the convent of Derwishy , which is seen below , on the river's bank : a Maronite priest is conversing in the path above ...
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... banks of the river Syhoon , the ancient Sarus , is still a considerable town , and the capital , till lately , of a ... bank of the river , is a castle about a quarter of a mile in circuit , the work apparently of the Mahometans . The ...
... banks of the river Syhoon , the ancient Sarus , is still a considerable town , and the capital , till lately , of a ... bank of the river , is a castle about a quarter of a mile in circuit , the work apparently of the Mahometans . The ...
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... banks , and their fainting hosts drank of its stream . Even in the heats of summer it is not even partially dry , nor creeps lazily , like the Jordan , through its bed : when flowing through the great plain , where the banks are covered ...
... banks , and their fainting hosts drank of its stream . Even in the heats of summer it is not even partially dry , nor creeps lazily , like the Jordan , through its bed : when flowing through the great plain , where the banks are covered ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Sidon on the approach from Beirout | 6 |
Walls on the west side of Antioch | 11 |
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Adana Alaya Aleppo Amanus Anamour ancient Antioch Arab Asia Minor Barouk beautiful Bedouin Beilan Beirout beneath Beteddein Captain Beaufort caravan caravanserai Casius castle cedars Christians Cilicia cliffs coast comfort convent covered Cydnus Damascus dark declivities desert distance divan Djouni Druses dwellings East Egypt Emir Euphrates exquisite fancy feet gardens glory Greek groves heights hill Ibrahim Pasha JAFFA khan ladies land Lebanon light lonely look luxury Maronite merchants miles mosque Mount Mount Taurus mountain Nahr-el-Kelb night noble Orontes Pacha palace passed Pharpar picturesque pillars pipe plain precipices ravine residence rich river rock roof ruins scene seated Seleucia shade shadow Sheich shore side snow solitary splendid spot stone stranger stream Suadeah summit sweet Syria Tarsus Taurus temple tents tombs tower town traveller trees Turkish Turks valley village voice W. H. Bartlett walls wandering wild wind women