Works, Volume 63Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 69
... eight in the evening . Days two and a half . June the 19th . We got under march at four in the morning , continuing our course towards the same quarter ; but at eight we came into an uneven country , being nothing but hills and dales ...
... eight in the evening . Days two and a half . June the 19th . We got under march at four in the morning , continuing our course towards the same quarter ; but at eight we came into an uneven country , being nothing but hills and dales ...
Page 170
... eight hours and [ an ] half . At half an hour after three in the afternoon came to Um il Hasshem1 , and there encamped on the plain . A small breeze from the S.E. The day clear and pleasant , the night cool . The country for the first ...
... eight hours and [ an ] half . At half an hour after three in the afternoon came to Um il Hasshem1 , and there encamped on the plain . A small breeze from the S.E. The day clear and pleasant , the night cool . The country for the first ...
Page 176
... eight or ten of them is only eight or ten dollars for the journey . The freight of a camel loaded with five hundred pounds weight of goods is seven pounds sterling , and the hire of one to ride upon about half that sum . I paid 37. 5s ...
... eight or ten of them is only eight or ten dollars for the journey . The freight of a camel loaded with five hundred pounds weight of goods is seven pounds sterling , and the hire of one to ride upon about half that sum . I paid 37. 5s ...
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