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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Page 44
... mountain stream , and occasion no delay or preparation : this was our almost daily repast at noon through Syria . On the height to the left , a fire was kindled by a party of wandering moun- taineers , whom it might not have been ...
... mountain stream , and occasion no delay or preparation : this was our almost daily repast at noon through Syria . On the height to the left , a fire was kindled by a party of wandering moun- taineers , whom it might not have been ...
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... mountain : the vast and beautiful sycamores , of a size to shelter a small caravan ( men , horses , and camels of thirty persons ) beneath its branches , are found at intervals in the plain , at the edge of the mountains . The Arabs , a ...
... mountain : the vast and beautiful sycamores , of a size to shelter a small caravan ( men , horses , and camels of thirty persons ) beneath its branches , are found at intervals in the plain , at the edge of the mountains . The Arabs , a ...
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... mountain , on the summit of which he lived fifty years on the top of a pillar , is full in view , at no great distance from this place . At present , the only people who come here are the shepherds , whose sheep and goats browse on the ...
... mountain , on the summit of which he lived fifty years on the top of a pillar , is full in view , at no great distance from this place . At present , the only people who come here are the shepherds , whose sheep and goats browse on the ...
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