The Land and the Book: Or Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of the Holy Land, Volume 1T. Nelson, 1881 |
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... course , upon the depth of the well , for the buckets are fastened on the hawser about two feet apart . The depth of wells in Jaffa varies from ten to forty feet . If the mule or camel turns the wheel rapidly , which he rarely does , a ...
... course , upon the depth of the well , for the buckets are fastened on the hawser about two feet apart . The depth of wells in Jaffa varies from ten to forty feet . If the mule or camel turns the wheel rapidly , which he rarely does , a ...
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Or Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of the Holy Land William McClure Thomson. J METHODS OF IRRIGATION . - NÂ'URAH AT HAMATH . course.
Or Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of the Holy Land William McClure Thomson. J METHODS OF IRRIGATION . - NÂ'URAH AT HAMATH . course.
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... course , will be discharged into the trough when the bucket begins to descend , and thus a constant succession of streams falls into the cistern . The wheel itself is turned by oxen , or mules , or camels . This system of wheels is seen ...
... course , will be discharged into the trough when the bucket begins to descend , and thus a constant succession of streams falls into the cistern . The wheel itself is turned by oxen , or mules , or camels . This system of wheels is seen ...
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... course , pretends that the existing house , with its well and tanner's slab , is the identical one upon whose roof Peter went " to pray about the sixth hour ; " and there falling into a trance , saw heaven open , and heard that voice ...
... course , pretends that the existing house , with its well and tanner's slab , is the identical one upon whose roof Peter went " to pray about the sixth hour ; " and there falling into a trance , saw heaven open , and heard that voice ...
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... course , confined to this country . The material out of which it is woven exists in all lands ; and for certain varieties of poetry , it may be found else- where in higher perfection than here . But what we attempt to show is that those ...
... course , confined to this country . The material out of which it is woven exists in all lands ; and for certain varieties of poetry , it may be found else- where in higher perfection than here . But what we attempt to show is that those ...
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