A Journey to Damascus Through Egypt, Nubia, Arabia Petræa, Palestine, and Syria, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1847 |
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... Bedouins rushing to Action - Chiefs of the Howât Tribe -The Desert 414011 - p . 1 25 39 CHAPTER XVII . Arab Superstition - Bedouins of the Tiyayah-
... Bedouins rushing to Action - Chiefs of the Howât Tribe -The Desert 414011 - p . 1 25 39 CHAPTER XVII . Arab Superstition - Bedouins of the Tiyayah-
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... Bedouins of the Tiyayah- Attack upon our Caravan - Ruins of El Ouji -Caravan of Camels - Remains of Rehaibe- Ruins of Elusa CHAPTER XVIII . Beersheba - Pastoral Arabs - Wells - Daharieh— Hebron - Turkish Soldiers - Plains of Mamre ...
... Bedouins of the Tiyayah- Attack upon our Caravan - Ruins of El Ouji -Caravan of Camels - Remains of Rehaibe- Ruins of Elusa CHAPTER XVIII . Beersheba - Pastoral Arabs - Wells - Daharieh— Hebron - Turkish Soldiers - Plains of Mamre ...
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... Bedouin , who passes along their base , to - day fixes his tent and feeds his camels , and to - morrow is seen no more . The convent monks rarely stir abroad , and would little think of turning anchorites . A great religious change has ...
... Bedouin , who passes along their base , to - day fixes his tent and feeds his camels , and to - morrow is seen no more . The convent monks rarely stir abroad , and would little think of turning anchorites . A great religious change has ...
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... Arab ever enters the walls . They profess extreme poverty ; but the riches of the church belie this , and I suspect if the Bedouins knew how much of value these old walls contain , they would risk a great deal to TO DAMASCUS . 13.
... Arab ever enters the walls . They profess extreme poverty ; but the riches of the church belie this , and I suspect if the Bedouins knew how much of value these old walls contain , they would risk a great deal to TO DAMASCUS . 13.
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... Bedouins , and , though this council is sitting under the palm trees a good distance from our tents , the noise of their conversation is indescribable ; and it is impossible to guess how it will end , for our friends Fiske and Erskine ...
... Bedouins , and , though this council is sitting under the palm trees a good distance from our tents , the noise of their conversation is indescribable ; and it is impossible to guess how it will end , for our friends Fiske and Erskine ...
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Akaba Alouins appeared Arabs Armenian arrived ascended Baalbec baggage beautiful Bedouins Beirout camels chapel CHAPTER chasm church cliffs colour convent covered crags cultivated Dead Sea defile desert dromedary Edom encamped entered excavations Fellaheen gardens glen goats Hebron hills Holy Horeb horses Howâts Hussein Ibrahim Jehoshaphat Jerusalem JOURNEY TO DAMASCUS July Khasné ladies land Lebanon looked Mehemet Ali Mezeiné monks morning mosque Mount Hor Mount Lebanon Mount of Olives mountain ornaments Oulad Pacha party passed peaks Petra pitched plain pool of Siloam precipices ravines reached rising road rocks rode round ruins sacred sand scene seems seen sepulchres Sheikh side Sinai spot stone summit Taif Allah Tancred temple tent Tiyayah told tombs took Toualeb town track travellers trees tribe valley valley of Jehoshaphat village visited Wady Araba Wady Mousa walls wild winding Zion
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Page 135 - Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of Slaughter ; for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.
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Page 136 - For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for My people and for My heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted My land.
Page 135 - And they have built the high places of tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which J commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.