Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma and Ceylon Including AllBritish India, the Portuguese and French Possessions, and the Indian StatesJ. Murray, 1892 |
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Page xxvii
... forming small enclosures , connected with one another by passages , and all contained within one large enclos- ure . The building is thought to have been a temple of Baal and Astarte . The main entrance is on the S.S.E. , and a passage ...
... forming small enclosures , connected with one another by passages , and all contained within one large enclos- ure . The building is thought to have been a temple of Baal and Astarte . The main entrance is on the S.S.E. , and a passage ...
Page xxviii
... formed by two breakwaters , 1500 yards apart , built of concrete , the western 2726 yards long , the eastern 1962 yards long . A red light is shown at the end of the W. mole , and a green one at the end of the E. The depth of water at ...
... formed by two breakwaters , 1500 yards apart , built of concrete , the western 2726 yards long , the eastern 1962 yards long . A red light is shown at the end of the W. mole , and a green one at the end of the E. The depth of water at ...
Page xxx
working encampment in the S. half of the isthmus was formed in 1859. Three m . to the S. is Serapeum , where the level is from 15 to 25 ft . above the sea , so called from some remains of a temple of Serapis . A mile and a half from ...
working encampment in the S. half of the isthmus was formed in 1859. Three m . to the S. is Serapeum , where the level is from 15 to 25 ft . above the sea , so called from some remains of a temple of Serapis . A mile and a half from ...
Page xxxi
... formed by a collection of springs , surrounded with tamarisk bushes and palm trees . Since it has become , as Dean Stanley calls it , " the Richmond of Suez , ” — a regular picnicing place for the inhabitants of that town , -some Arabs ...
... formed by a collection of springs , surrounded with tamarisk bushes and palm trees . Since it has become , as Dean Stanley calls it , " the Richmond of Suez , ” — a regular picnicing place for the inhabitants of that town , -some Arabs ...
Page xxxv
... formation is purely volcanic and consists of long low hills surrounding a capacious harbour about 1 m . long , m . in breadth , with a depth of from 4 to 6 fathoms in the best anchorages . The highest point of the island is 245 ft ...
... formation is purely volcanic and consists of long low hills surrounding a capacious harbour about 1 m . long , m . in breadth , with a depth of from 4 to 6 fathoms in the best anchorages . The highest point of the island is 245 ft ...
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