The Land of Midian, Revisited, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Land of Midian, Revisited, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Richard F. Burton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Land of Midian, Revisited, Vol. 2 of 2 At nine am. We turned abruptly eastward up the vvady cl-sulaysalah, whose head falls sharply from the Shafah range. The surface is still Hisma ground, red sand with blocks of ruddy grit, washed down from the plateau on the left; and, according to Furayj, it forms the south-western limit of Me Harrah. The valley is honeycombed into man traps by rats and lizards, causing many a tumble, and notably developing the mulish instinct. We then crossed a rough and rocky divide, Amez'ee a Majni, or, as the Bedawin here pronounce it, a which takes its name from the tor mented Ruways ridge on the right. After a hot, The word is explained in my Itineraries, part ii. Sect. 3. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.