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 38
עמוד 76
... rock in this part of the kingdom is the common grey marble , the strata of which appears above the surface in many places . We reached the convent , and were struck more with its vast extent than the beauty of its architec- ture . This ...
... rock in this part of the kingdom is the common grey marble , the strata of which appears above the surface in many places . We reached the convent , and were struck more with its vast extent than the beauty of its architec- ture . This ...
עמוד 84
... rocks spreading out to sea with their spire - like tops , washed by the breakers , the spray of which glittered in the ... rock on the heavy swell in the open roadstead . We steered into the midst of them , and anchored early in the day ...
... rocks spreading out to sea with their spire - like tops , washed by the breakers , the spray of which glittered in the ... rock on the heavy swell in the open roadstead . We steered into the midst of them , and anchored early in the day ...
עמוד 93
... rock , when the tide is coming in , singing , as he says , to charm the fish . As the water reaches the hole where the eel is , he comes out , when the fisherman captures him with a pair of large wooden nippers . Much as they were ...
... rock , when the tide is coming in , singing , as he says , to charm the fish . As the water reaches the hole where the eel is , he comes out , when the fisherman captures him with a pair of large wooden nippers . Much as they were ...
עמוד 97
... rock several hundred feet high ; a narrow ridge , with barely room for two to pass abreast , joins it to the mainland . The view was very grand - the hills of Madeira rose in the back - ground , and the mists that hung upon them during ...
... rock several hundred feet high ; a narrow ridge , with barely room for two to pass abreast , joins it to the mainland . The view was very grand - the hills of Madeira rose in the back - ground , and the mists that hung upon them during ...
עמוד 106
... rock , and in some places so rugged and uneven , that it is with great difficulty a horse can be led over it . The laurus indicus , the venatico or mahogany of the island , clothed with its dark foliage the sides of the cliffs , growing ...
... rock , and in some places so rugged and uneven , that it is with great difficulty a horse can be led over it . The laurus indicus , the venatico or mahogany of the island , clothed with its dark foliage the sides of the cliffs , growing ...
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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