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Page 66
... provisions will cost 100 more . If the horse gets safe to Aleppo , which is a great question , he will not sell it for above 300 rupees , so that the certain charge will be 200. Besides , there is no riding a horse after nine in the ...
... provisions will cost 100 more . If the horse gets safe to Aleppo , which is a great question , he will not sell it for above 300 rupees , so that the certain charge will be 200. Besides , there is no riding a horse after nine in the ...
Page 67
... provisions are full enough for a man and his servant . In this case I suppose him to ride on the camel and not . in cajavas ; which I would do myself if I was to perform the same journey over again . For there is no more inconveniency ...
... provisions are full enough for a man and his servant . In this case I suppose him to ride on the camel and not . in cajavas ; which I would do myself if I was to perform the same journey over again . For there is no more inconveniency ...
Page 176
... provisions , and corn for the horses . It is not amiss to caution travellers that locks and keys are extremely ... provisions and effects . This journey greatly resembles a voyage at sea , where good salt and dried provisions are very ...
... provisions , and corn for the horses . It is not amiss to caution travellers that locks and keys are extremely ... provisions and effects . This journey greatly resembles a voyage at sea , where good salt and dried provisions are very ...
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