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Page 27
... better tasted than any we had for many days past . And is what we have experienced at all such places in the desart , that the water is there better and in greater plenty than ordinary elsewhere ; which occasions me to imagine that the ...
... better tasted than any we had for many days past . And is what we have experienced at all such places in the desart , that the water is there better and in greater plenty than ordinary elsewhere ; which occasions me to imagine that the ...
Page 67
... better manner than you can do for yourself ; but you must never forget tea and coffee , and the equipage belonging thereto . I now proceed to my journal of my journey over the desert , which begins on June the 12th , the day when 5-2 ...
... better manner than you can do for yourself ; but you must never forget tea and coffee , and the equipage belonging thereto . I now proceed to my journal of my journey over the desert , which begins on June the 12th , the day when 5-2 ...
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... better security against the rage of conquerors than the greatest virtue or the most consummate valour . They are certainly a bad people , though better than the commonality of Egypt and Turkey . There is no danger of being ill treated ...
... better security against the rage of conquerors than the greatest virtue or the most consummate valour . They are certainly a bad people , though better than the commonality of Egypt and Turkey . There is no danger of being ill treated ...
Contents
A Journey from Aleppo to Basra in 1745 by William | 1 |
A Journey from Basra to Aleppo in 1748 by Gaylard | 41 |
A Similar Journey in 1750 by Bartholomew Plaisted | 129 |
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afternoon Ain el Qom Aleppo Amurath ancient appears Arabia Arabs arrived Asia Bagdad Bagdad caravan barren Bashaw Basra Bassora Battan Beawes Bengal breeze camels carav caravan caravan route Carmichael Course S.E. desert route distance East India encamped Euphrates European expence five four Ganam Gertrude Bell ground Gulf Hakluyt half an hour Haran hills hundred inhabitants journal journey from Busserah July Lakhmid loaded London mamoodies mentioned merchants Mesopotamia miles morning at seven Mount Gilead Mounted this morning Mousul Najaf Niebuhr night noon obliged Oglet Haran Orfa Ormuz overland Palmyra passage passed Persian piasters plain Plaisted plenty probably proceeded Rahba Rennell river road ruins rupees sandy servant seven Sheik shrubs side soil stones stony sunrise Syria Taiyibe Tavernier Teixeira thence three hours town travellers Turks twenty Ukhaidir Urfa valley village Voyage Wadi weather wind