Works, Volume 63Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 89
... twenty custom - house officers in their tents , near a spring and a stream of water . We encamped about three in the afternoon . Days ' journey in all from Busserah twenty four . We are now about twelve miles from Aleppo . On the 23rd ...
... twenty custom - house officers in their tents , near a spring and a stream of water . We encamped about three in the afternoon . Days ' journey in all from Busserah twenty four . We are now about twelve miles from Aleppo . On the 23rd ...
Page 162
... twenty - four on each side of the square ; these are filled up to within one foot of the surface of the wall , and give it a magnificent appearance . Most of the walls are near fifty feet high and thirty thick , with loop holes for four ...
... twenty - four on each side of the square ; these are filled up to within one foot of the surface of the wall , and give it a magnificent appearance . Most of the walls are near fifty feet high and thirty thick , with loop holes for four ...
Page 163
... twenty feet long and seventy - two broad . This may have been barracks for the troops . At about twenty yards distant from this fortress stood a building 360 feet long and one hundred and eighty broad , also divided into four squares ...
... twenty feet long and seventy - two broad . This may have been barracks for the troops . At about twenty yards distant from this fortress stood a building 360 feet long and one hundred and eighty broad , also divided into four squares ...
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