A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 360 oldal |
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57. oldal
... rock opens by two low arched outlets , upon the river . It is of considerable length , and is continued for about a mile by a deep channel , also cut in the rock , but open at the top . I suspected at once that this was an Assyrian work ...
... rock opens by two low arched outlets , upon the river . It is of considerable length , and is continued for about a mile by a deep channel , also cut in the rock , but open at the top . I suspected at once that this was an Assyrian work ...
109. oldal
... rocks towered above our heads or rose in the streams of the Gomel * , which almost cut off our passage through the narrow defiles . A few villages were scattered on the declivities , but their inhabitants had deserted them for rude huts ...
... rocks towered above our heads or rose in the streams of the Gomel * , which almost cut off our passage through the narrow defiles . A few villages were scattered on the declivities , but their inhabitants had deserted them for rude huts ...
110. oldal
... rocks , was well wooded with fruit trees the mulberry , the peach , the fig , the walnut , the olive , and the ... rock on which were only a few rude marks , bearing no resemblance to any writing that had ever been invented . I was ...
... rocks , was well wooded with fruit trees the mulberry , the peach , the fig , the walnut , the olive , and the ... rock on which were only a few rude marks , bearing no resemblance to any writing that had ever been invented . I was ...
111. oldal
... rock , and was found some hundred feet below , on his back , firmly wedged between two rocks : how he got there with nothing but the bone of his tail broken , was a mystery be- yond the comprehension of our party . The valley of ...
... rock , and was found some hundred feet below , on his back , firmly wedged between two rocks : how he got there with nothing but the bone of his tail broken , was a mystery be- yond the comprehension of our party . The valley of ...
112. oldal
... rock , and overlooking the whole valley- the only remnant of the state of the old hereditary Pashas of Ama- diyah . A refreshing breeze came down from the mountain , the view was extensive and beautiful , and I forgot the desolation and ...
... rock , and overlooking the whole valley- the only remnant of the state of the old hereditary Pashas of Ama- diyah . A refreshing breeze came down from the mountain , the view was extensive and beautiful , and I forgot the desolation and ...
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