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 xxiii
... ruins of Lepida , surmounted by a bust of the Duke of Wellington , also a bust of General Elliott , the hero of the great siege . Half - way is the Exchange , containing a commercial library , with the Club House to the W. , and the ...
... ruins of Lepida , surmounted by a bust of the Duke of Wellington , also a bust of General Elliott , the hero of the great siege . Half - way is the Exchange , containing a commercial library , with the Club House to the W. , and the ...
Page xxiv
... ruins of the ancient city of Carteia are passed . 4 m . from S. Roque is an inn , and then a ride through the cork woods of about 4 m . brings the visitor to the Convent of Almorainia and the Long Stables . from Gibraltar by land , and ...
... ruins of the ancient city of Carteia are passed . 4 m . from S. Roque is an inn , and then a ride through the cork woods of about 4 m . brings the visitor to the Convent of Almorainia and the Long Stables . from Gibraltar by land , and ...
Page xxvii
... ruins at Hagiar Chem , properly Hajar Kaim , " upright stone , " near the village of Casal Crendi , 11⁄2 hour's drive from Valetta . These ruins , excavated in 1839 , consist of walls of large stones fixed upright in the ground ...
... ruins at Hagiar Chem , properly Hajar Kaim , " upright stone , " near the village of Casal Crendi , 11⁄2 hour's drive from Valetta . These ruins , excavated in 1839 , consist of walls of large stones fixed upright in the ground ...
Page xxix
... ruins of the ancient city of Pelusium . At Kantarah the canal intersects the caravan - track between Egypt and Syria , and is crossed by a flying bridge ; a traveller should go on the upper deck of his ship when approaching it , as , if ...
... ruins of the ancient city of Pelusium . At Kantarah the canal intersects the caravan - track between Egypt and Syria , and is crossed by a flying bridge ; a traveller should go on the upper deck of his ship when approaching it , as , if ...
Page xxxii
... ruins of Myos Hormos are on the coast in latitude 27 ° 24 ' . The town is small , very regularly built , surrounded by a ditch , and defended by round towers at the corners and the gateways . The port mentioned by Strabo lies to the ...
... ruins of Myos Hormos are on the coast in latitude 27 ° 24 ' . The town is small , very regularly built , surrounded by a ditch , and defended by round towers at the corners and the gateways . The port mentioned by Strabo lies to the ...
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