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... covering . About this place it seems are abundance of scorpions , and a Jew merchant in the night was wounded by one ... covered with a cake of salt . Maundrell , Chaplain to the Factory at Aleppo , gives a good account of ' the Valley ...
... covering . About this place it seems are abundance of scorpions , and a Jew merchant in the night was wounded by one ... covered with a cake of salt . Maundrell , Chaplain to the Factory at Aleppo , gives a good account of ' the Valley ...
Page 83
... covered with a particular kind of soft grass . At the end of this plain we arrived at wells of good water , which were very deep , and walled round the inside of the borders with stone2 . We encamped a little before nine in the morning ...
... covered with a particular kind of soft grass . At the end of this plain we arrived at wells of good water , which were very deep , and walled round the inside of the borders with stone2 . We encamped a little before nine in the morning ...
Page 108
... covered with a carpet in winter , and in summer with fine mats . Along the sides are thick mattrasses about three feet wide , and commonly covered with scarlet cloth ; there are likewise large bolsters of brocade stuffed with cotton set ...
... covered with a carpet in winter , and in summer with fine mats . Along the sides are thick mattrasses about three feet wide , and commonly covered with scarlet cloth ; there are likewise large bolsters of brocade stuffed with cotton set ...
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