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... round his head by a cord of camel's hair ; merchants from the city on their ambling donkeys , with voluminous robes , yellow slippers , and spotless white turban ; Turkish women , with white veils that only permit their sad , soft ...
... round his head by a cord of camel's hair ; merchants from the city on their ambling donkeys , with voluminous robes , yellow slippers , and spotless white turban ; Turkish women , with white veils that only permit their sad , soft ...
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... rounded arms are profusely decorated with brace- lets . Then there are many sculptured stones , fragments of cornices , rare old mummy cases of wood and stone , the former highly decorated with paint and gilding , old Roman and Greek ...
... rounded arms are profusely decorated with brace- lets . Then there are many sculptured stones , fragments of cornices , rare old mummy cases of wood and stone , the former highly decorated with paint and gilding , old Roman and Greek ...
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... round about the outskirts of the city will well repay the traveller , as he can then see the activity of the Khedive1 1 The Arabic word is Khidewi . The two first letters are pronounced like the ' ch ' in ' loch . ' in constructing new ...
... round about the outskirts of the city will well repay the traveller , as he can then see the activity of the Khedive1 1 The Arabic word is Khidewi . The two first letters are pronounced like the ' ch ' in ' loch . ' in constructing new ...
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... round the outskirts of the town , while crowds of merchants , traffickers in produce , vegetable sellers , water and sweetmeat sellers , pilgrims , soldiers , and a profusion of children , made it a matter of considerable difficulty to ...
... round the outskirts of the town , while crowds of merchants , traffickers in produce , vegetable sellers , water and sweetmeat sellers , pilgrims , soldiers , and a profusion of children , made it a matter of considerable difficulty to ...
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... rounded mudbank or flat reach of shore . Herons , flamingoes , geese , ibises , pigeons , ducks , and a whole catalogue of the feathered creation , disport themselves to the gratification of the sportsman and orni- thologist ...
... rounded mudbank or flat reach of shore . Herons , flamingoes , geese , ibises , pigeons , ducks , and a whole catalogue of the feathered creation , disport themselves to the gratification of the sportsman and orni- thologist ...
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Achmet Akabah amidst ancient appearance Arabs ascend Baalbec banks bazaars beautiful Bedawin Beni Hassan Beyrout broad building Cairo camels capital Christian church cliffs cloth colour columns convent Cornhill covered Crown 8vo dahabeah Damascus dark deep Demy 8vo desert dragoman Edition Edom Egypt Elath English feet granite green Hazeroth Hebron hills Holy interesting Jerusalem journey land lofty London look marble mass miles monks morning Mortimer Collins mosque Mount Mount Gerizim Mount Hor mountains nearly Nile noble o'clock once palm passed Paternoster Row Petra pillars plain Price range ravine reached remains rich river rock rocky round route ruins Samaria sand scene scenery seen Serbâl sheikh shore side Sinai slopes spot steamer steep stones story stream summit surrounded Syria temple tents tombs towers town travellers trees tribe valley village vols Wady Wady Arabah walls wandering
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