A Pilgrimage to Nejd, the Cradle of the Arab Race: A Visit to the Court of the Arab Emir, and "our Persian Campaign"., Volume 2J. Murray, 1881 - Arabian Peninsula |
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... mornings one only finds in Nejd . The air brilliant and sparkling to a degree one cannot imagine in Europe , and filling one with a sense of life such as one remembers to have had in childhood , and which gives one a wish to shout . The ...
... mornings one only finds in Nejd . The air brilliant and sparkling to a degree one cannot imagine in Europe , and filling one with a sense of life such as one remembers to have had in childhood , and which gives one a wish to shout . The ...
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... morning at four o'clock as if in preparation of an early start , no move has been made to - day . Half the pilgrim- age they tell us is still at Haïl , and must be waited for . Wilfrid went to - day into the camp to find our friend Ali ...
... morning at four o'clock as if in preparation of an early start , no move has been made to - day . Half the pilgrim- age they tell us is still at Haïl , and must be waited for . Wilfrid went to - day into the camp to find our friend Ali ...
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... morning at our fire to warm his hands as he went by , and we offered him a cup of coffee , but he said he had breakfasted , and turned to talk to the servants , his fellow Mussulmans , but the servants told him to move on . Among Arabs ...
... morning at our fire to warm his hands as he went by , and we offered him a cup of coffee , but he said he had breakfasted , and turned to talk to the servants , his fellow Mussulmans , but the servants told him to move on . Among Arabs ...
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... morning till night . The better class of pilgrims , and of course all the women except the very poor , travel in mahmals or litters - panniers , of which a camel carries two - covered over like a tradesman's van with blue or red canvas ...
... morning till night . The better class of pilgrims , and of course all the women except the very poor , travel in mahmals or litters - panniers , of which a camel carries two - covered over like a tradesman's van with blue or red canvas ...
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... morning , we decided on marching without them . We have not gone far ; indeed , from the high ground where we are camped we can see the smoke of the camp rising up at the edge of the plain . There is capital pasture here ; and we have a ...
... morning , we decided on marching without them . We have not gone far ; indeed , from the high ground where we are camped we can see the smoke of the camp rising up at the edge of the plain . There is capital pasture here ; and we have a ...
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