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... towers ' and ' gorgeous palaces , ' has passed away , not leaving a ' rack behind ! ' About three or four miles beyond this , after passing through fertile fields of clover , grain , beans and tobacco , and crossing a broad canal on a ...
... towers ' and ' gorgeous palaces , ' has passed away , not leaving a ' rack behind ! ' About three or four miles beyond this , after passing through fertile fields of clover , grain , beans and tobacco , and crossing a broad canal on a ...
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... towers close in the hall on this side , and beyond is a perfect wilderness of desolation . Vast heaps of enormous blocks of sandstone are piled one on another , in every conceivable form , as if some tremendous earthquake had destroyed ...
... towers close in the hall on this side , and beyond is a perfect wilderness of desolation . Vast heaps of enormous blocks of sandstone are piled one on another , in every conceivable form , as if some tremendous earthquake had destroyed ...
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... , the banks of the river exhibit a marvellous peculiarity and grandeur of outline . Great fan- tastic masses of black porphyry and granite tower upwards from numerous small islands studding the river's bed , and 58 THE ALPS OF ARABIA.
... , the banks of the river exhibit a marvellous peculiarity and grandeur of outline . Great fan- tastic masses of black porphyry and granite tower upwards from numerous small islands studding the river's bed , and 58 THE ALPS OF ARABIA.
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... towers forming the pylon , each of them 120 feet high . A staircase , built in the thickness of the wall , leads to the summit of each tower ; F and very remarkable it is to see , more than THE FIRST CATARACT TO CAIRO 65.
... towers forming the pylon , each of them 120 feet high . A staircase , built in the thickness of the wall , leads to the summit of each tower ; F and very remarkable it is to see , more than THE FIRST CATARACT TO CAIRO 65.
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... towers . Four very deep grooves are cut in the pylon , two on each side of the entrance - door , extending from the ground more than half - way up to the top , so as to receive the great beams of wood . The vast outer court of the ...
... towers . Four very deep grooves are cut in the pylon , two on each side of the entrance - door , extending from the ground more than half - way up to the top , so as to receive the great beams of wood . The vast outer court of the ...
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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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