Travels to the City of the Caliphs, Along the Shores of the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean: Including a Voyage to the Coast of Arabia, and a Tour on the Island of Socotra, 1권H. Colburn, 1840 |
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40 페이지 - Destroy no palm-trees, nor burn any fields of corn. Cut down no fruittrees, nor do any mischief to cattle, only such as you kill to eat. When you make any covenant or article, stand to it, and be as good as your word.
105 페이지 - I joke with my musket ! Jose Maria was born to be a leader of wild adventurers ; he had all the vices and virtues of a chieftain of the middle ages ; he was a man of few words ; but his bite was always worse than his bark, and what he did say was of that terrible untaught eloquence of the hour of need, when time is brief, and sentences must be condensed into words. According to his own account, he managed his band by never permitting any familiarity with himself, by always being the foremost in danger,...
5 페이지 - ... Raamah was probably in the same region, where spices grow and precious stones are gathered.) Haran and Canneh, Eden and Sheba, Asshur and Chilmad (which ends the list, were countries and cities along the Euphrates and Tigris), they were merchants in all sorts of things, blue cloths, broidered work, and chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar.
40 페이지 - When you meet your enemies, quit yourselves like men and do not turn your backs; and if you gain the victory, kill no little children, nor old people, nor women. Destroy no palm trees, nor burn any fields of corn. Cut down no fruit trees, nor do any mischief to cattle, only such as you kill for the necessary purpose of subsistence.
262 페이지 - Caliphs, are surpassed by none in the east, excepting possibly their neighbors, the Persians. No one at a glance can detect the "weak points" of a customer better. We will suppose a passer-by (not a novice, but one who has had considerable experience in such matters,) sauntering along—a carpet catches his eye, he approaches, and becomes desirous of purchasing it. The price is demanded in a careless tone, " Sixty dollars!" with a start of surprise or a sneer.
71 페이지 - ... inches in length. The surrounding plains are covered with a saline crust, which the natives collect and convey to Dustagan. Towards the centre of the island there is an insolated rock about 300 feet in height, which is steep on every side, and seems to have formerly served the purpose of a retreat to some bands of pirates or robbers. The summit can only be gained by climbing up through a narrow aperture resembling a chimney. Some of our officers who ascended by this way, found at the top the...
74 페이지 - ... dollars. Persian carpets, tobacco, and dried fruits, form its exports ; and piece goods, Indian cloths, and China-ware, constitute its principal imports. The annual importation of these articles at the same time was estimated at nearly three lakhs of rupees. The town is situated on a slope, which approaches close to the sea; the houses are few, and wretchedly constructed, and the people are mostly lodged in huts. They are a mixed population, composed of Persians, Arabs, Kurds, a few Armenians,...
73 페이지 - Abhas, assisted by the English, drove the Portuguese from the island of Hormuz, and transferred its commerce to this port. Here, instead of being carried in ships to Basrah and the northern ports of the Gulf, a very considerable portion of the imports from India and Africa were landed, and transported by means of caravans to the interior parts of Persia and the adjacent countries ; so that Gamrunbe.
68 페이지 - ... them the appearance of having been subjected to the action of a powerful stream, an illusion still further increased by observing the plains and the sides of the hills, which, in the form of banks, bound what seem to be the beds of deserted water-courses.