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Page 166
... hard by Bagdat , or Bagsdeth , which , as well as Babel , signifies confusion . 21ST . This morning the water and sand being frozen , was obliged to wait till the sun had thawed them . However , mounted at nine , our course S.W. S. one ...
... hard by Bagdat , or Bagsdeth , which , as well as Babel , signifies confusion . 21ST . This morning the water and sand being frozen , was obliged to wait till the sun had thawed them . However , mounted at nine , our course S.W. S. one ...
Page 170
... hard and stony . The weather cold and raw . A fresh breeze from the S.S.E. with drizzling rain , which , being directly in our faces , made the march very disagreeable . 26TH . A hard frost this morning , which detained us till the sun ...
... hard and stony . The weather cold and raw . A fresh breeze from the S.S.E. with drizzling rain , which , being directly in our faces , made the march very disagreeable . 26TH . A hard frost this morning , which detained us till the sun ...
Page 173
... hard barren gravely soil , the country level . A fresh easterly gale . The weather dark and cloudy , with hard rain from sunset to nine o'clock . 6TH . Moved at seven . Course variable , allowed E.N.E. † E. 1 We have no identification ...
... hard barren gravely soil , the country level . A fresh easterly gale . The weather dark and cloudy , with hard rain from sunset to nine o'clock . 6TH . Moved at seven . Course variable , allowed E.N.E. † E. 1 We have no identification ...
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