A Journey to Damascus Through Egypt, Nubia, Arabia Petræa, Palestine, and Syria, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1847 |
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Page 15
... , instead of allowing them to stray in the small ravines leading to the valley . They had lighted more fires than usual , and appeared to be on the qui vive . Sheikh Hussein came to my tent , and told me that TO DAMASCUS . 15.
... , instead of allowing them to stray in the small ravines leading to the valley . They had lighted more fires than usual , and appeared to be on the qui vive . Sheikh Hussein came to my tent , and told me that TO DAMASCUS . 15.
Page 21
... usual routine , except that we had parties of scouts upon the crags before and behind us , keeping a look out all day in case of surprise . Soon afterwards we met some Terabin Arabs , allies of the Oulad Said , coming from Akaba , who ...
... usual routine , except that we had parties of scouts upon the crags before and behind us , keeping a look out all day in case of surprise . Soon afterwards we met some Terabin Arabs , allies of the Oulad Said , coming from Akaba , who ...
Page 28
... usual , here and there by the water - courses , where the desert shrubs grow in great abundance . Towards even- ing , we passed near some high rocks which , at a distance , looked like ruined castles . Near these , we pitched our tents ...
... usual , here and there by the water - courses , where the desert shrubs grow in great abundance . Towards even- ing , we passed near some high rocks which , at a distance , looked like ruined castles . Near these , we pitched our tents ...
Page 34
... was said about our Petra trip ; and after the usual dumb show and civilities , pipes and coffee , they de- parted . It seems that the other tribes around Petra have come down in great num- bers , 34 DIARY OF A JOURNEY.
... was said about our Petra trip ; and after the usual dumb show and civilities , pipes and coffee , they de- parted . It seems that the other tribes around Petra have come down in great num- bers , 34 DIARY OF A JOURNEY.
Page 36
... usual remarks were trans- lated by our dragoman . I told the governor that I had not heard from the Sheikh of the Alouins , but that if I did not before sunset , I should start by another road . He pro- mised , as well as I could ...
... usual remarks were trans- lated by our dragoman . I told the governor that I had not heard from the Sheikh of the Alouins , but that if I did not before sunset , I should start by another road . He pro- mised , as well as I could ...
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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.