| 1802 - 572 pągines
...Mr. Bruce : " On the 141)1, at seven in the morning, we left Assa Hagga, our course being due north. At one o'clock we alighted among some acacia trees at Waadi el Halboub, having gr.ne twenty-one miles. We were here at once surprised and terrified by a sight surely one of the most... | |
| 1790 - 612 pągines
...we left AiTa Nagga, our courle being due north. At one o'clock we alighted among fome acacia-trees at Waadi el Halboub, having gone twenty-one miles. We were here at once furprifcd and terrified by a fight fureiy one of the molt magnificent in the world. In that vaft expanfe... | |
| Erasmus Darwin - 1798 - 472 pągines
...turrets ftalk along the ground. And •whirling turrets. 1. 478. " At one o'clock we alighted among fome acacia trees, at Waadi el Halboub, having gone twenty-one miles. We were here at once furprifed and terrified by a fight furely one of the moft magnificent in the world. In that vaft expanfe... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1802 - 572 pągines
...Mr. Bruce ; " On the 1 4th, at seven in the morning, we left Assa Hagga, our course being due north. At one o'clock we alighted among some acacia trees...terrified by a sight surely one of the most magnificent in ths world. In that vast expanse of desert, from W. and- to NW of us, we saw a number of prodigious... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - 1802 - 346 pągines
...his lad, who had lances, the only arms they could use. D d 2 BRUCE'S TRAVELS. On the 14th, they were at once surprised and terrified by a sight surely...magnificent in the world. In that vast expanse of (lesart, from west to the north-west of them, they saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand at different... | |
| Robert Southey - 1809 - 288 pągines
...enabled to ride for many days without great fatigue." — Hanway. The dreadful columns mov'd.—P. 189. We were here at once surprised and terrified by a sight surely the most magnificent in the world. In that vast expanse of desert, from W. and to NW of us, we saw... | |
| Samuel Burder - 1812 - 442 pągines
...Mr. BRUCE. " On the 14th, at seven in the morning, we left Assa Hagga, our course being due north. At one o'clock we alighted among some acacia trees...once surprised and terrified by a sight surely one oflhemostmagnificientin the World. In that vast expanse of desert, from W. and to NW of us, we saw... | |
| Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 628 pągines
...was an eye witness. " At one o'clock," says he, " we alighted among some acacia trees at \Vaadi cl Halboub, having gone twenty.one miles. We were here...by a sight, surely one of the most magnificent in (he world. In that vast expanse of desert, from W. to NW of us, we saw a number of prodigious pillars... | |
| 1815 - 500 pągines
...lightened, by the use we made of our provisions. On the 14th we were at once surprised and terrir fied by a sight, surely one of the most magnificent in the world. lu that vast expanse of desert, from W. and to NW of us, we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand,... | |
| Catherine Hutton - 1819 - 490 pągines
...called Waadi el Halboub; the word Waadi signifying such a place in the desert. In our way here we were at once surprised and terrified by a sight, surely one of the most magnificent in the world. In the vast expanse of desert from west to north west, we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand,... | |
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