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... Camels , their strange Ways - Different Breeds - Cost of a Camel - Powers of Endurance - Reach the Gulf of Akabah - its Solitary Aspect - Beauty of its Shores - Rare Shells and Corals - Mode of Fishing with Net - Wonders of the Shore ...
... Camels , their strange Ways - Different Breeds - Cost of a Camel - Powers of Endurance - Reach the Gulf of Akabah - its Solitary Aspect - Beauty of its Shores - Rare Shells and Corals - Mode of Fishing with Net - Wonders of the Shore ...
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... camels and picturesque figures seated on them ; the vivid green fields with strange kinds of oxen and birds feeding in them ; the distant minarets , and groves of palms against the evening sky ; the delicate yellow , crimson , and gold ...
... camels and picturesque figures seated on them ; the vivid green fields with strange kinds of oxen and birds feeding in them ; the distant minarets , and groves of palms against the evening sky ; the delicate yellow , crimson , and gold ...
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... Mount Sinai to Gaza or Hebron via Nukhl , which involves a tedious journey of fourteen or fifteen days on camels through uninteresting scenery , in addition to the eight days ' march from Suez to Sinai . Fourth 6 THE ALPS OF ARABIA.
... Mount Sinai to Gaza or Hebron via Nukhl , which involves a tedious journey of fourteen or fifteen days on camels through uninteresting scenery , in addition to the eight days ' march from Suez to Sinai . Fourth 6 THE ALPS OF ARABIA.
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... camel's hair ; merchants from the city on their ambling donkeys , with voluminous robes , yellow slippers , and spotless ... camels attended by their wild drivers , and loaded with every variety of merchandise ; occasionally , a handsome ...
... camel's hair ; merchants from the city on their ambling donkeys , with voluminous robes , yellow slippers , and spotless ... camels attended by their wild drivers , and loaded with every variety of merchandise ; occasionally , a handsome ...
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... camels and their ragged picturesque attendants , blue - veiled women with graceful water - jar poised on their shoulder , its green thickets of acacias , its solemn temples and mouldering cities , dotting the narrow zone of deep verdure ...
... camels and their ragged picturesque attendants , blue - veiled women with graceful water - jar poised on their shoulder , its green thickets of acacias , its solemn temples and mouldering cities , dotting the narrow zone of deep verdure ...
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