Adventures during a journey overland to India, by way of Egypt, Syria, and the Holy landR. Bentley, 1836 - Middle East |
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Adventures During a Journey Overland to India, Vol. 2 of 2: By Way of Egypt ... Thomas Skinner No preview available - 2017 |
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Page 95 - The seeming lake was broken in several parts by little islands of sand, that gave strength to the delusion. The dromedaries of the sheikhs at length reached its borders, and appeared to us to have commenced to ford, as they advanced and became more surrounded by the vapour.
Page 161 - It is astonishing what effect the smallest portion of the strong coffee made by the Arabs has ; no greater stimulus is required in the longest and most arduous journeys. It is universal throughout the East, but more used by the Arabs of the Desert than by any other class; they will often go without food for twenty-four hours if they can but have recourse to the little dram of coffee, which, from the small compass in which they carry the apparatus, and the readiness with which it is made, they can...
Page 126 - My horse fell three times ; but, lodging firmly in the newly made gutters, I did not lose my seat. At length, however, we were all obliged to dismount, and waded and floundered on till, perfectly exhausted, we entered the gates of the anticipated " hospice." The vesper service was being performed ; and the deep sound of the organ accompanying a full choir, echoed among the hills. All beside was still as death. The inner door of the convent was closed. I passed through a small arch at the upper end...
Page 95 - I had even fancied. Although aware that these appearances have often led people astray, I could not bring myself to believe that this was unreal. The Arabs were doubtful, and said that as we had found water yesterday, it was not improbable we should find some to-day.
Page 127 - G ner of the Franciscans towards heaven. It was dusk, and no light came from without ; but candles and lamps innumerable gave a rich colour to all around. The procession was over, and the monks were immoveable in prayer; their devoted attitudes, their bald heads and long beards, had a most imposing effect. The solemn notes of the organ, which was still played, the odour, and the handsome building itself, with the sudden manner in which I had descended into it from the cold hills and the deep snow,...
Page 67 - And with you also!" cried I ; " Pray, tell me, is not this Caifa, and where are the houses ?" — " There are no houses in Caifa," said they ; " they are all washed down by the rain that has lasted here for several days. Ecco !" — pointing to the river which was sweeping with increasing force round the gable of a house at the end of the principal street — " you see, do you not ?" — " What am I to do then ?" thought I.
Page 211 - Lazarus, at the door of some wealthy man, or to place him in a public thoroughfare stretched upon his mat or wooden litter. The blind, too, line the approaches to the city, and cry out with a loud voice to the passers-by for mercy and for charity.
Page 64 - They fall so naturally into military figures, that it is difficult to conceive their doing it without direction. " We have several tents in the caravan. They are pitched so as to permit the camels belonging to each to lie in the intervals, where they are placed in squads for the night. They are by no means agreeable neighbours: for, although they are not able to move from their...
Page 169 - The author says, that opposite each tent two lines of them are drawn up, standing face to face. A rope being fastened firmly round the neck of the first of the file, is then passed round that of every other, until secured to the stump on the other extremity, drawing them so closely together, that each looks over the shoulders of its opposite neighbour.
Page 58 - I must give a description of our equipage, now that we are fairly launched on the great waste. I ride a white camel, with my saddle-bags under me, and a pair of water-skins, quite full, beneath them: over the saddle is my bed. A thick cherry-stick, with a cross at the end of it, serves to guide the animal; a gentle tap on the side of his neck, sends him to the left, and one on the opposite makes him turn back again to the right: a knock on the back of his head stops him, and a few blows between the...