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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... rock , two or three hundred feet in height , in some parts occupying the whole ravine , in others leaving between its waters and the rock a narrow margin covered with trees and rushes . In one part a ruined khan juts out on a point of the ...
... rock , two or three hundred feet in height , in some parts occupying the whole ravine , in others leaving between its waters and the rock a narrow margin covered with trees and rushes . In one part a ruined khan juts out on a point of the ...
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... rock ; this rock , whether it be natural , or hewn out of the side of the mountain which adjoins it , bears on its summit a gothic castle , in a state of complete preservation , but now the abode only of the jackal and the eagle ...
... rock ; this rock , whether it be natural , or hewn out of the side of the mountain which adjoins it , bears on its summit a gothic castle , in a state of complete preservation , but now the abode only of the jackal and the eagle ...
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... rock ; it ends at the sea . The last part is cut down lower , and great pieces of rock are left across the passage , to make the entrance difficult . This extraordinary channel ends a little way to the north of the northern pier : the ...
... rock ; it ends at the sea . The last part is cut down lower , and great pieces of rock are left across the passage , to make the entrance difficult . This extraordinary channel ends a little way to the north of the northern pier : 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