 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1790 - 606 pages
...had greatly more than fuflicient tor dettroying them. Large tribes of Arabs, two or three thoufrnd, encamped together, were cantoned, as it were, in different places of this defert, where there was water enough. to feive their numerous herds of cattle, and tlufe, as their... | |
 | John Wesley - Biography - 1794 - 738 pages
...had greatly more than fufficient for defiro'ying them. Large tribes of Arabs, two or three thoufand, encamped together, were cantoned, as it were, in different places of this defert, where there w^s water enough to ferve their numerous herds oi cattle, and thefe, as their eccafion... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - Discoveries in geography - 1797 - 328 pages
...had greatly more than iufficient for deftroying them. Large tribes of Arabs, two or three thoufand, encamped together, were cantoned, as it were, in different places of this defert, where there was water enough to ferve their numerous herds of cattle, and thefe, as their occafion... | |
 | James Bruce - Blue Nile River (Ethiopia and Sudan) - 1798 - 422 pages
...had greatly more than fufficient for deltroying them. Large tribes of Arabs, two or three thoufand, encamped together, were cantoned, as it were, in different places of this defert, where there was water enough to ferve their numerous herds of cattle ; and thefe, as their... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - Discoveries in geography - 1802 - 346 pages
...starts from the north, blowing five or six minutes at a time, and then falling calm. vThat desart, which did not afford inhabitants for the assistance...cantoned, as it were, in different places of this desart, where there was water enough to serve their numerous herd? 308 cattle, and these, as their... | |
 | Voyages and travels - 1815 - 500 pages
...certain death to us as a shot from a cannon. There was no staying for one another; to lose time was to die, because, with the utmost exertion our camels...as their several designs or necessities required. These were Jahelsen Arabs, those cruel, barbarous fanatics, that deliberately shed so much blood during... | |
 | Adventure and adventurers - 1826 - 638 pages
...provision of bread and water sufficient to keep us alive. That Desert, which did not afford inhahitants for the assistance or relief of travellers, had greatly...as their several designs or necessities required. These were Jaheleen Arabs, those cruel, barbarous fanatics, that deliberately shed so much blood during... | |
 | Sir Francis Bond Head - Ethiopia - 1830 - 560 pages
...assistance or relief of travellers, contained, nevertheless, more than sufficient for destroying them, for large tribes of Arabs (two or three thousand encamped together) were cantoned, as it were, wherever there was water enough to supply their numerous herds of cattle, and Bruce fully expected... | |
 | Sir Francis Bond Head - Ethiopia - 1830 - 582 pages
...assistance or relief of travellers, contained, nevertheless, more than sufficient for destroying them, for large tribes of Arabs (two or three thousand encamped together) were cantoned, aa it were, wherever there was water enough to supply their numerous herds of cattle, and Bruce fully... | |
 | Sir Francis Bond Head - Ethiopia - 1840 - 398 pages
...assistance or relief of travellers, contained, nevertheless, more than sufficient for destroying them ; for large tribes of Arabs (two or three thousand encamped together) were cantoned wherever there was water enough to supply their numerous herds of cattle, and Bruce fully expected... | |
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Icse time was to die, because, with the utmost exertion our camels could make, we scarce could carry along with us a scanty provision of bread and water sufficient to keep us alive. That desert, which did not afford inhabitants for the assistance or relief... 