The World Displayed, Or, A Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volym 6J. Christie, 1815 |
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and , among other things , show the seraglio of that king , his haram , and the tomb of one of his favou- rite concubines . " Solomon , the son of David , " say they , " performed these wonders by the assistance of spirits . " But the ...
and , among other things , show the seraglio of that king , his haram , and the tomb of one of his favou- rite concubines . " Solomon , the son of David , " say they , " performed these wonders by the assistance of spirits . " But the ...
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... king of Persia , in seve- ral engagements , advancing with his victorious troops as far as Ctesiphon , the capital of his em- pire . On his return from this expedition , with the greatest applause , and with considerable treasures ...
... king of Persia , in seve- ral engagements , advancing with his victorious troops as far as Ctesiphon , the capital of his em- pire . On his return from this expedition , with the greatest applause , and with considerable treasures ...
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... king of the Bedouins , or wandering Arabs , who , on his having intelligence of us , might think us a prize worth looking after . We had , likewise , our own reasons for more than ordinary solicitude ; for we were much more anxious ...
... king of the Bedouins , or wandering Arabs , who , on his having intelligence of us , might think us a prize worth looking after . We had , likewise , our own reasons for more than ordinary solicitude ; for we were much more anxious ...
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... king of Sennaar , and his minister for the time being ; from the Greek patriarch I also received an admonitory letter to the whole of the Greeks then in Abyssinia . On the other side of the Nile , from Cairo , is Geeza ; and about ...
... king of Sennaar , and his minister for the time being ; from the Greek patriarch I also received an admonitory letter to the whole of the Greeks then in Abyssinia . On the other side of the Nile , from Cairo , is Geeza ; and about ...
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... king's health . After a little intercourse with some of the natives , whose conduct was very suspicious , I directed the rais to stand out towards Crab island , and there being a gentle breeze from the shore , we stood over upon Mocha ...
... king's health . After a little intercourse with some of the natives , whose conduct was very suspicious , I directed the rais to stand out towards Crab island , and there being a gentle breeze from the shore , we stood over upon Mocha ...
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Abyssinia Agows ancient appearance Arabs arrived Atbara Axum Aylo Ayto Confu baggage beasts beautiful Begemder Bengazi Beyla Cairo called camels carry cataract cloth colour covered Damot danger desert east Egypt elephant Fasil fear feet flesh foot Galla Geesh Gojam gold Gondar ground Habesh hand head hill horse hyæna immediately inches inhabitants island Jidda journey kind king king's leave Mahomet Mahometans Maitsha Masuah Metical miles morning mountains mules naybe never night Nile o'clock Ozoro Ozoro Esther Palmyra passed plain province quantity rains Ras el Feel Ras Michael Red Sea river rock ruins sailed sand scarcely seemed seen Sennaar sent servants shekh side stones Tcherkin teff tent thick thing thought Tigré told took town trees village violent Welleta wind Woldo Yagoube Yasine Yasous YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Sida 382 - The same appearance of moving pillars of sand presented themselves to us this day, in form and disposition like those we had seen at Waadi Halboub, only they seemed to be more in number and less in size.
Sida 380 - ... to overwhelm us; and small quantities of sand did actually more than once reach us. Again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching to the very clouds.
Sida 267 - Abyssinia is clear and the sun shines; about nine, a small cloud, not above four feet broad, appears in the East, whirling violently round as if upon an axis; but arrived near the zenith, it first abates its motion, then loses its form, and extends itself greatly, and seems to call up vapours from all opposite quarters. These clouds having attained nearly the same height, rush against each other with great violence, and put me always in mind of Elijah's foretelling rain on mount Carmel.
Sida 168 - I observed, was the head-dress of the governors of provinces. A large broad fillet was bound upon their forehead, and tied behind their head. In the middle of this was a horn, or a conical piece of silver, gilt, about four inches long, much in the shape of our common candle extinguishers. This is called kirn, or horn, and is only worn in reviews or parades after victory.
Sida 383 - I scarce could turn to fall upon the ground with my head to the northward, when I felt the heat of its current plainly upon my face. We all lay flat on the ground, as if dead, till Idris told us it was blown over. The meteor, or purple haze, which I saw, was indeed passed, but the light air that still blew was of heat to threaten suffocation.
Sida 255 - I after this came to the island of green turf, which was in form of an altar, apparently the work of art, and I stood in rapture over the principal fountain which rises in the middle of it.
Sida 413 - This noble bird was not an object of any chace or pursuit, nor -stood in need of any stratagem to bring him within our reach. Upon the highest top of the mountain Lamalmon, while my servants were refreshing themselves from that toilsome rugged ascent, and enjoying the pleasure of a. most delightful climate, eating their dinner in the outer air, with several large dishes of boiled goat's flesh before them, this enemy, as he turned out to be to them...
Sida 381 - There the tops often separated from the bodies; and these, once disjoined, dispersed in the air, and did not appear more. Sometimes they were broken near the middle, as if struck with a large cannon-shot.
Sida 148 - ... was left entire, and flapped over the wound, and was fastened to the corresponding part by two or more small skewers or pins. Whether they had put any thing under the skin, between that and the wounded flesh, I know not; but, at the river side where they were, they had prepared a cataplasm of clay, with which they covered the wound; they then forced the animal to rise, and drove it on before them, to furnish them with a fuller meal when they should meet their companions in the evening.
Sida 194 - A cow or bull, one or more, as the company is numerous, is brought close to the door, and his feet strongly tied. The skin that hangs down under his chin and throat...