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Page 78
... soil , and afterwards over gravelly and stony land . At nine we passed between a hill and a chain of hills ; and near eleven we arrived at a place which had a very singular aspect , it consisting of nothing but sandy hillocks , over ...
... soil , and afterwards over gravelly and stony land . At nine we passed between a hill and a chain of hills ; and near eleven we arrived at a place which had a very singular aspect , it consisting of nothing but sandy hillocks , over ...
Page 148
... soil , where we found plenty of food for our camels . Our march was delayed till the return of some spies sent to Jabil Ganam , the next water , in order to reconnoitre . A fresh breeze in the morning . The night cool and agreeable ...
... soil , where we found plenty of food for our camels . Our march was delayed till the return of some spies sent to Jabil Ganam , the next water , in order to reconnoitre . A fresh breeze in the morning . The night cool and agreeable ...
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... soil , with fine warm weather . 2D . Decamped at seven . Course S.E. E. two hours , and E.S.E. E. four hours . Came to Battan Shagare3 , where we encamped on the plain . Country and soil as yesterday . Pleasant weather , with a gentle ...
... soil , with fine warm weather . 2D . Decamped at seven . Course S.E. E. two hours , and E.S.E. E. four hours . Came to Battan Shagare3 , where we encamped on the plain . Country and soil as yesterday . Pleasant weather , with a gentle ...
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