Narrative of a Voyage to Madeira, Teneriffe and Along the Shores of the Mediterranean: Including a Visit to Algiers, Egypt, Palestine, Tyre, Rhodes, Telmessus, Cyprus and Greece : with Observations on the Present State and Prospects of Egypt and Palestine and on the Climate, Natural History, Antiquities, Etc. of the Countries Visited ; in Two Volumes, כרך 1Curry, 1840 - 464 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 6-10 מתוך 55
עמוד 95
... island , the glutinous juice of which , when boiled into a jelly , is used by the fishermen to coat their nets , as a preventative against the rot . As we proceeded further into the hills , the cassia bicapsularis covers the fields ...
... island , the glutinous juice of which , when boiled into a jelly , is used by the fishermen to coat their nets , as a preventative against the rot . As we proceeded further into the hills , the cassia bicapsularis covers the fields ...
עמוד 97
... in prodigious numbers on the island , and are consi- dered a great delicacy . The face of this enormous cliff presents an extra- ordinary appearance , with the different layers of red VOL . I. H 98 SEA - WASHED CAVERNS . and yellow tufa ,
... in prodigious numbers on the island , and are consi- dered a great delicacy . The face of this enormous cliff presents an extra- ordinary appearance , with the different layers of red VOL . I. H 98 SEA - WASHED CAVERNS . and yellow tufa ,
עמוד 98
... - handkerchief . Poor good - natured man , his costume and appearance were at all times a source of ridicule and amusement in the island , particularly among the ladies , with A GERMAN BOTANIST . 99 whom , however , he.
... - handkerchief . Poor good - natured man , his costume and appearance were at all times a source of ridicule and amusement in the island , particularly among the ladies , with A GERMAN BOTANIST . 99 whom , however , he.
עמוד 101
... island- the valley of the Cama de Lobos , the richest vine country in the island , and the part where grows the Malmsey grape . The soil is of a rich , dark loam , kept up by small retaining walls ; the vale itself looks like the dried ...
... island- the valley of the Cama de Lobos , the richest vine country in the island , and the part where grows the Malmsey grape . The soil is of a rich , dark loam , kept up by small retaining walls ; the vale itself looks like the dried ...
עמוד 103
... island , to have some wind at the heat of the day , dying away towards evening . It is said to arise from this cause : -in those ravines which inter- sect the higher parts of the island , the morning sun , acting on the confined ...
... island , to have some wind at the heat of the day , dying away towards evening . It is said to arise from this cause : -in those ravines which inter- sect the higher parts of the island , the morning sun , acting on the confined ...
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Alexandria Algiers amongst animals appearance Arab basalt Basha beautiful Bedawees beneath boats Cairo camel Canaries carried centre Cleopatra's needle climate clothed coast colour consul Corunna costume Coural covered dress dromedary Egypt Egyptian elevation English erected European feet finest fish French Funchal garden Grand Canary greater number groves Guanches guarda-costas hand handsome harbour hareem head height HERCULES TOWER hills horses houses immense invalids island Kabyles ladies land light Lisbon look Madeira Mafra marble miles Mohammadan Moorish Moors morning mosque mountains natives night o'clock officers orange Oratava ornament passed pillar plain plants Pompey's pillar Portugal present principal quantity red-legged partridge residence rise rock roof round sails scene seen shore side Spanish spot streets surrounded temperature Teneriffe tomb town trees tufa Turkish Turks valley vegetation vessels walls wind wine