THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

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ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS. 1908

Transfer from Circ. Dept. Hamilton Grange

FEB 19 1908

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CONTENTS.

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A JOURNEY TO PALMYRA, BY MR. WOOD.

Chap. I. The manner in which these travels were under-

taken. Mr. Wood and two other gentlemen set out from

Naples, and, after visiting the islands of the Archi

pelago, land at Byroot, and from thence proceed to

Palmyra, which is described..

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Chap. II. Of the country about Palmyra. Researches into

the origin of that city, and its present ruins.....

Chap. III. The author and his companions leave Palmyra;

the particulars of his journey from that city to Balbec;

the behaviour of emir Hassein, governor of that city;

reflections on the hospitality and avarice of the people

of the East, with some observations on that species of

idolatry which prevailed in those cities.....

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TRAVELS TO DISCOVER THE SOURCE OF THE
NILE, BY J. BRUCE, ESQ. F. R. S.

Chap. I. Origin of the voyage. Mr. Bruce appointed consul
at Algiers, is shipwrecked. His travels through Bar.
bary...

Chap. II. Mr. Bruce's travels in Egypt. Voyage in the Red

Sea till his arrival at Masuah....

Chap. III. Account of my journey from Masuah to Gondar;

transactions there; manners and customs of the Abys

sinians....

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Chap. IV. First attempt to discover the source of the Nile

frustrated. A successful journey thither, with a full ac

count of every thing relating to that celebrated river.. 207

Chap. V. Return from the source of the Nile to Gondar.

The author prepares to leave Abyssinia....

Chap. VI. Journey from Gondar to Tcherkin; my recep-

tion; hunting of the elephant, rhinoceros and buffalo;

departure from Tcherkin, and arrival at Sennaar; dis-
eases, trade, &c. of this country; my distressed situa.
tion, and departure from Seragar

Chap. VII. My departure from Sennaar journey in, the

desert; pillars of moving sand; simoom; arrival at Cairo;

return to Marseilles...

Chap. VIII. Of the trees, plants, beasts, birds, fishes, and

marine productions of Abyssiria

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DIRECTIONS FOR PLACING THE PLATES

OF THE SIXTH VOLUME.

Arab Shekh, tribe Beni Koreish....

The ancient city of Palmyra, as it now appears

The remains of the great Temple in Palmyra, seen from the west.....
The entrance into the Temple of the Sun, in Palmyra, from the east.

The Temple of the Sun from the north-west...

A Canja under sail .....

Paintings in fresco in the Sepulchres of Thebes..

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