Works, Volume 9Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 37
... leagues , and halted at sunset in a sort of vale , waterless , but with some dry grass , and many and great snakes ; this place still coming under the name of Choâbedéh . On Thursday , the 9th , we marched at dawn , some six or seven ...
... leagues , and halted at sunset in a sort of vale , waterless , but with some dry grass , and many and great snakes ; this place still coming under the name of Choâbedéh . On Thursday , the 9th , we marched at dawn , some six or seven ...
Page 41
... leagues , we halted in a plain , half a league from some wells lying amid the ruins of a great old city ; whereof are left now but those wells , a few palms , and some remnants of buildings . It is called Sayda , and by the Arabs Hayun ...
... leagues , we halted in a plain , half a league from some wells lying amid the ruins of a great old city ; whereof are left now but those wells , a few palms , and some remnants of buildings . It is called Sayda , and by the Arabs Hayun ...
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... leagues away . There is , on the north side , a perennial spring of very good water , and here we halted , after a march of six leagues . On Saturday , the 12th , we set out at sunrise , and marched northwards along the lake shore ...
... leagues away . There is , on the north side , a perennial spring of very good water , and here we halted , after a march of six leagues . On Saturday , the 12th , we set out at sunrise , and marched northwards along the lake shore ...
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