The Rob Roy on the Jordan, Nile, Red Sea, & Gennesareth, &c: A Canoe Cruise in Palestine and Egypt, and the Waters of DamascusJohn Murray, 1870 - 474 pages |
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... sketch on the opposite page records the curious scene . And can nothing be done for these poor little babies . starved in mind and soul , slaved in muscle and life ? Shall so many hundreds of happy English " Christians hurry past here ...
... sketch on the opposite page records the curious scene . And can nothing be done for these poor little babies . starved in mind and soul , slaved in muscle and life ? Shall so many hundreds of happy English " Christians hurry past here ...
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... . Meanwhile I made a sketch of the Barrage . This great work was resolved upon in 1843 , and begun. The Barrage of the Nile . Gourd Raft on the Nile . The Raft seen from. CHAP . III . ] 41 Catching the Canoe . The Barrage of the Nile.
... . Meanwhile I made a sketch of the Barrage . This great work was resolved upon in 1843 , and begun. The Barrage of the Nile . Gourd Raft on the Nile . The Raft seen from. CHAP . III . ] 41 Catching the Canoe . The Barrage of the Nile.
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... sketch , and read , and soliloquise . There is one of the pigeon villages . It exists for pigeons . A hundred mud towers , about thirty feet high , are clustered together , and myriads of blue and white pigeons wheel in the air ...
... sketch , and read , and soliloquise . There is one of the pigeon villages . It exists for pigeons . A hundred mud towers , about thirty feet high , are clustered together , and myriads of blue and white pigeons wheel in the air ...
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... sketches , or chat with Hany , or post up my log , and before ten o'clock I shall be in bed . 13 I had learned to play this darabookra years ago , and brought a good one home . Music floats ever in the air of Egypt , as " backshish " in ...
... sketches , or chat with Hany , or post up my log , and before ten o'clock I shall be in bed . 13 I had learned to play this darabookra years ago , and brought a good one home . Music floats ever in the air of Egypt , as " backshish " in ...
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... sketch here given was taken on the spot . Berimbal was the name of a village where we camped , with fine trees all round it , and a peaceful look of plenty and intelligence on many faces . The river here was not twenty yards broad , and ...
... sketch here given was taken on the spot . Berimbal was the name of a village where we camped , with fine trees all round it , and a peaceful look of plenty and intelligence on many faces . The river here was not twenty yards broad , and ...
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Abana Abana River ancient Arab Ateibeh Banias bank Bashan beautiful Bethsaida Beyrout boat branch bridge Cairo called camp canal canoe Capernaum channel colour compass course crocodile Damascus deck deep Delta desert dragoman east Egypt English feet fish floating Galilee Gennesareth Hany Harran Hasbany Hermon Hijaneh hills Hooleh horse inches Jordan Josephus journey land look luggage-boat Mansourah marsh miles morass mound mountain mouth mules never night Nile once paddle Palestine Pharpar plain pool Port Red Sea reeds river Rob Roy rocks round ruins sail sand says Sea of Galilee seems seen Semakh sheikh ship shore shouted side sight silent sketch soon source of Jordan stone stream Suez Suez Canal Syria Tell Hoom tent things Tiberias town travellers trees village voyage Wady waves wild wind word yards Zahleh Zoan
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