Idumaea: With a Survey of Arabia and the ArabiansReligious Tract Society, 1799 - 192 sider |
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Side 13
... detached part of it , being separated from the larger portion of the * See a previous volume in this Series , " The Jordan and the Dead Sea , " on this subject . lake by a low peninsula , which .extends out from ARABIA AND THE ARABIANS .
... detached part of it , being separated from the larger portion of the * See a previous volume in this Series , " The Jordan and the Dead Sea , " on this subject . lake by a low peninsula , which .extends out from ARABIA AND THE ARABIANS .
Side 14
... portions of the lake connected only by a narrow channel . * Although the facts ascertained by recent travel determine that the Jordan could not flow through the Wady Arabah as it now exists , the possibility will occur to some minds of ...
... portions of the lake connected only by a narrow channel . * Although the facts ascertained by recent travel determine that the Jordan could not flow through the Wady Arabah as it now exists , the possibility will occur to some minds of ...
Side 16
... portions of it with exuberant fertility . On the south of the Dead Sea , where instead of the Jordan we find only the transient torrents of the rainy season , the surface of the Arabah is almost uninterruptedly a still more frightful ...
... portions of it with exuberant fertility . On the south of the Dead Sea , where instead of the Jordan we find only the transient torrents of the rainy season , the surface of the Arabah is almost uninterruptedly a still more frightful ...
Side 17
... portion . It is the " Great Glen " of Scotland , with its seaward extensions at both ends . The Caledonian Canal , passing through this great natural valley , and connecting lake with lake , unites the seas of the eastern and western ...
... portion . It is the " Great Glen " of Scotland , with its seaward extensions at both ends . The Caledonian Canal , passing through this great natural valley , and connecting lake with lake , unites the seas of the eastern and western ...
Side 20
... portion to the sterility and desolation which reign around . The popular opinion has long been that the inhabitants of Arabia are the descendants of Ishmael . This , too , is their own opinion , though it is inconsistent with other ...
... portion to the sterility and desolation which reign around . The popular opinion has long been that the inhabitants of Arabia are the descendants of Ishmael . This , too , is their own opinion , though it is inconsistent with other ...
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Aaron Abou Raschid ancient Antar appearance Arabah Arabia Petræa Arabs Aretas ascent Bedouin Beni-Israel Bible book of Job Burckhardt camels camp character chief cliffs Dead Sea descendants desolation dwell dwelt east eastern desert Edom Edomites Egypt Egyptian Elath encampment Esau excavations Ezion-geber Fellahîn Gulf habits Hebrew Herod Himyarite Horeb Horites hundred feet Idumæa inhabitants inscriptions Irby and Mangles Ishmael Israel Israelites Jebel Jerusalem Jews Joktan Jordan Judah Kaaba king KITTO Lord ments miles Mohammed Mohammedan Moses Mount Hor Mount Seir mountains Musa Nabatheans nations neighbouring pass peninsula Petra piastres plain portion possession present probably prophecy prophet Red Sea region rendered Robinson rock Roman ruins sandstone says Dr scene Scripture sepulchres sheikh Shobek side Sinai spot stones summit tain temple tent thee thou thousand tion tombs travellers tribes unto valley Wady Mûsa whole wild wilderness Wilson words Yemen