 Their immense branches, coarse when near, are neat and distinct at a distance. The land lying low and very level, the naked stems of these trees are scarcely seen ; and the plantations of dates seem to extend many miles in luxuriant woods and groves....  The Family Library (Harper). - Page 1721842Full view - About this book
 | 1820 - 490 pages
...neither shelter nor shade from the burning atmosphere which every wheru surrounds them. The whole of the town appears in a semicircle, some time before reaching the harbour's mouth. The extreme whiteness of square flat buildings covered with lime, which in this climate encounters the sun's fiercest rays,... | |
 | James Bell - Geography - 1832 - 812 pages
...appearance, and afford neither shelter nor shade from the burning atmosphere which surrounds them. The whole town appears in a semi-circle, some time...the harbour's mouth. The extreme whiteness of the square, flat buildings, covered with lime, which in this climate encounters the sun's fiercest rays,... | |
 | James Bell - Geography - 1832 - 580 pages
...appearance, and afford neither shelter nor shade from the burning atmosphere which surrounds them. The whole town appears in a semi-circle, some time before reaching the harbour's month. The extreme whiteness of the square, flat buildings, covered with lime, which in this climate... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English periodicals - 1834 - 680 pages
...neither shelter nor shade from the burning atmosphere that every where surrounds them. The whole of the town appears in a semicircle, some time before reaching the harbour's mouth. The extreme whiteness of square fiat buildings covered with lime, which in this climate encounters the sun's fiercest rays,... | |
 | Michael Russell - Africa, North - 1835 - 466 pages
...whatever seems to interrupt the evenness of the soil, which is almost white, and interspersed with long avenues of trees ; for such is the appearance of the...The mosques have in general a small plantation of Indian-figs and date-trees growing close to them, which, at a distance, appearing to be so many rich... | |
 | Michael Russell - Africa, North - 1837 - 358 pages
...miles in luxuriant woods and groves. The whole town appears in a semicircle some time before reachmg the harbour's mouth. The extreme whiteness of the...mosques have in general a small plantation of Indian figs and date-trees growing close to them, which, at a distance, appearing to be so many rich gardens,... | |
 | Michael Russell - Africa, North - 1842 - 354 pages
...whatever seems to interrupt the evenness of the soil, which is almost white, and interspersed with long avenues of trees ; for such is the appearance of the...mosques have in general a small plantation of Indian figs and date-trees growing close to them, which, at a distance, appearing to be so many rich gardens,... | |
 | Gazetteers - 1856 - 922 pages
...appearance, and afford neither shelter nor shade from the burning atmosphere which surrounds them. The whole town appears in a semicircle, some time...the harbour's mouth. The extreme whiteness of the square, flat buildings, covered with lime, which in this climate encounters the sun's fiercest rays,... | |
 | Miss Tully - Libya - 1819 - 420 pages
...neither shelter nor shade from the burning atmosphere which every where surrounds them.* The whole of the town appears in a semicircle, some time before reaching the harbour's mouth. The extreme whiteness of square flat buildings covered with lime, which in this climate encounters the sun's fiercest rays,... | |
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