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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... town and its vicinity exactly coincides with the short description Strabo gives of Coracesium , the first town of Cilicia ; and the barren ridges of Mount Taurus , which here come down to the shore , sufficiently indicate the begin ...
... town and its vicinity exactly coincides with the short description Strabo gives of Coracesium , the first town of Cilicia ; and the barren ridges of Mount Taurus , which here come down to the shore , sufficiently indicate the begin ...
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... town , which contains now a population of about eighteen thousand souls , independent of the population of the upper town . JAFFA . Not the faintest memorial at present exists of the ancient Joppa ; its site being occupied by the modern ...
... town , which contains now a population of about eighteen thousand souls , independent of the population of the upper town . JAFFA . Not the faintest memorial at present exists of the ancient Joppa ; its site being occupied by the modern ...
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... town of Tyre , that contains several good stone dwellings , and a popula- tion of two thousand people , is situated at the extremity of a sandy peninsula , extending for about a mile from the line of the main coast . The breadth of the ...
... town of Tyre , that contains several good stone dwellings , and a popula- tion of two thousand people , is situated at the extremity of a sandy peninsula , extending for about a mile from the line of the main coast . The breadth of the ...
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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