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... camels in all , and about 150 ' Mus- queteers . ' These camels did not compose a laden caravan , but were being taken to market at Aleppo . Halfway they were joined by the Baghdad caravan of 3000 camels , making up the total to 5000 ...
... camels in all , and about 150 ' Mus- queteers . ' These camels did not compose a laden caravan , but were being taken to market at Aleppo . Halfway they were joined by the Baghdad caravan of 3000 camels , making up the total to 5000 ...
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... camels , of whose abiding so long without food such strange reports are common , and was informed that they suck ... camels , that Providence seems to have equally designed them for the desart . I have observed them to walk and work all ...
... camels , of whose abiding so long without food such strange reports are common , and was informed that they suck ... camels , that Providence seems to have equally designed them for the desart . I have observed them to walk and work all ...
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... camel , but not a distinct species , as some have imagined . When the time of the departure of the camels sent from Lasser is known , the rest belonging to other tribes who have any for sale are ready to join them , insomuch that in the ...
... camel , but not a distinct species , as some have imagined . When the time of the departure of the camels sent from Lasser is known , the rest belonging to other tribes who have any for sale are ready to join them , insomuch that in the ...
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