The Land and the Book: Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery, of the Holy LandT. Nelson, 1869 - 718 pages |
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Page 207
... Safed and Tiberias . There are many ruins along it ; indeed , every village occupies the site of an ancient town . We shall visit some of them on our return . And this is Em el ' Awamîd - the mother of columns -- and a curious place it ...
... Safed and Tiberias . There are many ruins along it ; indeed , every village occupies the site of an ancient town . We shall visit some of them on our return . And this is Em el ' Awamîd - the mother of columns -- and a curious place it ...
Page 221
... Safed , to hire carriers from that place . This morning , however , twelve men had offered to take the girl to Hunîn for 300 piastres , and the count had already set off with them , leaving his mother and Mr. Z- their travelling ...
... Safed , to hire carriers from that place . This morning , however , twelve men had offered to take the girl to Hunîn for 300 piastres , and the count had already set off with them , leaving his mother and Mr. Z- their travelling ...
Page 222
... Safed , and I re- turned to Hasbeiya . It is not easy to exaggerate the hardships and even dan- gers which such parties encounter at this season of the year . Tents cannot be Expense used , and they are therefore at the mercy of these ...
... Safed , and I re- turned to Hasbeiya . It is not easy to exaggerate the hardships and even dan- gers which such parties encounter at this season of the year . Tents cannot be Expense used , and they are therefore at the mercy of these ...
Page 258
... Safed . From this to el Mellâhah is forty minutes ; there the marsh ends , and the splendid plain of the Ard el Kheît begins . We have been more than two hours coasting the west side of the marsh , and have ridden hard ; it cannot ...
... Safed . From this to el Mellâhah is forty minutes ; there the marsh ends , and the splendid plain of the Ard el Kheît begins . We have been more than two hours coasting the west side of the marsh , and have ridden hard ; it cannot ...
Page 261
... Safed from this plain of el Kheît . It is half an hour to a large winter torrent called Hendâj , and forty minutes farther to Wady el Wukkâs , at the foot of the mountains , where is a large Tell of the Way to same name , more than ...
... Safed from this plain of el Kheît . It is half an hour to a large winter torrent called Hendâj , and forty minutes farther to Wady el Wukkâs , at the foot of the mountains , where is a large Tell of the Way to same name , more than ...
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Acre allusions ancient Arabs Baalbek Banias beautiful Bedawîn Beirût Beisan Beit Bethsaida Bible built Cæsarea called Capernaum Carmel castle cave CHAPTER cisterns columns custom David desert doubt east Egypt entire Esdraelon fact flocks gate Gaza Gennesaret Hamath Hazor Hebrew Hebron Hermon hills Holy hour Hûleh hundred feet inhabitants Israel Jacob Jaffa Jaulan Jerusalem Jews Jordan Josephus Joshua Kenites king lake land Lebanon Lord Lydd mentioned miles Moses Moslems mountains Naphtali neighbourhood never night north-west olive Oriental Palestine pass Philistines plain probably prophet Ramleh region ride river road rock round ruins sacred says scene seen sepulchres sheikh shore side Sidon Sisera Solomon south-east stone suppose Syria Tell temple tent terebinth thing thou thousand Tiberias tion tombs travellers trees tribes Tyre unto valley vast village Wady wall whole wild wind Zion