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'Southern Arabia, by Theodore Bent, F.R.G.S., F.S.A., Author of 'The Ruined Cities of Mashonaland' 'The Sacred City of the Ethiopians' 'The Cyclades, Or Life Among the Insular Greeks' etc. and Mrs Theodore Bent' [272] (325/552)
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272 DHOFAE AND THE GARA MOUNTAINS
a familiar object, so no wonder that when they went home
and talked about it, the town near it was called the City of
the Abyss, and Ptolemy, as was his wont, gave the spot a
fresh appellative, just as he called the capital the Oracle of
Artemis.
About a quarter of a mile from the western side of the
whole abyss is a small conical mountain, about 1,000 feet
hi< r h, which looks as if it had once stood free but were now
nearly smothered by the petrifaction of the overflowing
water. It rises above the level top of the cliffs, and has
about a quarter of a mile of abyss on one side, which is only
300 feet in depth, and half a mile on the other. It is all
wooded. The larger side and the upper plain is called
Derbat, and the smaller Merbat or Merga.
The three days we spent in exploring the neighbourhood
of this abyss were the brightest and pleasantest of all during
this expedition. Our camp was pitched under shady trees
about half a mile from the foot of the abyss, whither we could
wander and repose under the shade of enormous plantains
which grew around the watercourse, and listen to the
splashing of the stream as it was precipitated over the rock
to irrigate the ground below, where the Bedouin had nice
little gardens in which the vegetation was profuse. One
day we spent in photography and sketching, wandering
about the foot of the rocky wall; and another day, starting
early in the morning, with one camel to carry our things, we
set off to climb the hill by a tortuous path under shady trees
which conducted us along the side of the hill, and got lovely
glimpses of the abyss on both sides through the branches.
On reaching the summit we found ourselves on an ex
tensive and well-timbered flat meadow, along which we
walked for a mile or so. It was covered with cattle
belonging to the Bedouin grazing on its rich pasturage. It
seemed like the place Jack reached when he had climbed up
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Southern Arabia, by Theodore Bent, F.R.G.S., F.S.A., Author of 'The Ruined Cities of Mashonaland' 'The Sacred City of the Ethiopians' 'The Cyclades, Or Life Among the Insular Greeks' etc. and Mrs Theodore Bent .
Publication details: Reading: Garnet, c 1994.
Edition: new edition.
Notes: facsimile edition of edition published London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1900.
Physical Description: initial roman numeral paginations i-xi, i-x; 24 leaves of plates, 5 folded leaves of maps; illustrations, 6 maps 1 portrait.
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The volume contains a list of contents giving section and chapter headings and page references, a list of illustrations and a list of maps. There is an alphabetical index at the back of the volume.
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- YC.1995.b.7122
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- 'Southern Arabia, by Theodore Bent, F.R.G.S., F.S.A., Author of 'The Ruined Cities of Mashonaland' 'The Sacred City of the Ethiopians' 'The Cyclades, Or Life Among the Insular Greeks' etc. and Mrs Theodore Bent'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:12, 1:2, 5:12, 1:2, 2a:2b, 3:24, 24a:24b, 25:34, 34a:34b, 35:70, 70a:70b, 71:110, 110a:110b, 111:124, 124a:124b, 125:144, 144a:144b, 145:226, 226a:226b, 227:246, 246a:246b, 247:270, 270a:270b, 271:286, 286a:286b, 287:304, 304a:304b, 305:336, 336a:336b, 337:342, 342a:342b, 343:354, 354a:354b, 355:364, 364a:364b, 365:378, 378a:378b, 379:382, 382a:382b, 383:386, 386a:386b, 387:394, 394a:394b, 395:400, 400a:400b, 401:402, 402a:402b, 403:408, 408a:408b, 409:412, 412a:412b, 413:418, 418a:418b, 419:420, 420a:420b, 421:424, 424a:424b, 425:434, 434a:434b, 435:436, 436a:436b, 437:456, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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- Bent, James Theodore
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