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... of Friends . - Grinsing . - Mr . and Mrs. Shauff- ler . - Journey to Munich . - Through Switzerland to Paris . - The English Channel . Stay in London . - Voyage across the Atlantic . 465 • of Road cut in the Rock Temp Temple 95 THE.
... of Friends . - Grinsing . - Mr . and Mrs. Shauff- ler . - Journey to Munich . - Through Switzerland to Paris . - The English Channel . Stay in London . - Voyage across the Atlantic . 465 • of Road cut in the Rock Temp Temple 95 THE.
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... Rocks before the Harbour . - Remains of the old Wall . - Excavation . - Grandeur of ancient Tyre . - Ruins of a Church . - Harbour and Walls of Sur . - Population and Wretchedness.- Trade . - Honours of a Consul . - Route to Sidon ...
... Rocks before the Harbour . - Remains of the old Wall . - Excavation . - Grandeur of ancient Tyre . - Ruins of a Church . - Harbour and Walls of Sur . - Population and Wretchedness.- Trade . - Honours of a Consul . - Route to Sidon ...
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... Rock Pyramid Tombs GREAT of Mountains that chain the desert extends in MASS OF ROCKS seperates this direction PLAN of the RUINS OF PETRA DRAWN ON THE SPOT IN Way from The only Entrance to the Source the Town 200 FCatherwood . TEMPLE AT ...
... Rock Pyramid Tombs GREAT of Mountains that chain the desert extends in MASS OF ROCKS seperates this direction PLAN of the RUINS OF PETRA DRAWN ON THE SPOT IN Way from The only Entrance to the Source the Town 200 FCatherwood . TEMPLE AT ...
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... rock , regularly stratified , very lofty , and broken into fragments of mountains rather than forming a regular chain . In their bosom is Petra , the object of our toilsome journey from Sinai . The ruined city lies in a narrow valley ...
... rock , regularly stratified , very lofty , and broken into fragments of mountains rather than forming a regular chain . In their bosom is Petra , the object of our toilsome journey from Sinai . The ruined city lies in a narrow valley ...
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... rocks , from four hundred to six or seven hundred feet high . The northern and southern barriers are neither so lofty nor steep , and they both admit of the passage of camels . A great many small recesses , or side valleys , open into ...
... rocks , from four hundred to six or seven hundred feet high . The northern and southern barriers are neither so lofty nor steep , and they both admit of the passage of camels . A great many small recesses , or side valleys , open into ...
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already ancient city appearance aqueduct arches Armenian ascending beautiful Bedouins Bethlehem built Calvary camel Cedron Christian church cisterns cliff considerable convent covered deep distance east eastern edifice En-rogel enclosure erected evidently excavated extending farther favour feet gardens Gate Gihon grotto ground half Haram Hebron height hill Hinnom holy city houses immense Jaffa Gate Jericho Jerusalem Jewish Jews Jordan Josephus length limestone Lower Pool Mamre marble miles Mohammedan monks monuments mosque Mount of Olives Mount Zion mountain nearly occupied olive-trees Ophel Palestine passed perhaps Petra pilgrims plain Pool of Siloam present probably ravine region religious reservoir road rock ruinous ruins seems seen Sepulchre side Siloam Solomon southern spot steep stones summit Temple Tiberias tion tomb tower town tract tradition travellers trees Turkish Upper Pool Valley of Hinnom Valley of Jehoshaphat village Wady wall western wheat worship
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