Adventures During a Journey Overland to India: By Way of Egypt, Syria, and the Holy Land, Volume 2 |
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Abd-ul-Kerim Anazie animals appearance April Arabs Archibald Cary Coolidge armed arrived Babylon Bagdad bank beautiful Bedouins bitumen boat bricks Bushire Bussorah caliphs called camels camp caravan carpet Christian close coffee crowd curiosity Damascus Daoud Pasha date-trees daylight Desert distance dress dromedaries East Eastern encamped endeavoured escort Euphrates eyes fancy feet Frank garden gate hand Hassan Hauran head Hillah horses HYÆNA Ibrahim Pasha journey khan Kurdish KURDISH WOMAN least length Mahometan manner matchlocks midst morning mounds Mountebanks mules Muscat narrow nearly neighbourhood neral never night o'clock observed party Pasha passed piastres pipes plain reached river round ruins sand scarcely scene Secunderia seemed seen sheikh Sherif Bey shore shouted side sitting skins sleep soon stick stood stream streets sword Syria tent terrace thieves Tigris tomb took town travellers tribe Turkish Turks vessel village walked walls wind women Wullah young sheikh


