Palestine: the physical geography and natural history of the Holy Land / By John Kitto. Illustrated with one hundred and seventy-one woodcuts, by the most eminent artists.

  • John Kitto
Date:
1841
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Credit: Palestine: the physical geography and natural history of the Holy Land / By John Kitto. Illustrated with one hundred and seventy-one woodcuts, by the most eminent artists. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Labouring classes of Syria, their condition, ccclii Lacerta stellio, eccexiii turcica, id, scincus, cccexii Lactuca sativa, ccxxxix,* cccxx* Ladies’ bed, straw, ccx] Laish, or worn-out lion, ecclxviii Lakes and rivers, clii—cciv Lambricus terrestris, ccccexviii* Lambs, ccexcix Lamium album, celxviii* Lampyris noctiluca, ceccxix* Land breezes of Palestine, ceviii, ecix — slips, xxxiv, lxxxvi Lane, Mr., his description of the Persian wheel, ccxcvii Lapides Judaici found on Mount Carmel, lxvi Lapwing, ecccvi Lark, calandra, ececx crested, id. sky, td. tea tit, id. — wood, td. Larkspur, cexli, ccxcii* Laser wort, cclxx Laserpitium latifolium, id.* Lasso or noose, catching the gazelle with, eccxcii catching wild oxen by, cece Lathyrus ambicus, ccxv amphicarpos, id, biflorus, zd. or chichling, id. clymenum, id. sativus, id. various flowered, id. Latter rains, the, cexxxiv Lava, abounds in Gish, Safet, Tabereah, and Lubia, lxxvii Lavender, ccxxx, cexli Lawsonia inermis, cclxxxii* Lead, no notice of it within Palestine, 1xxiii said to exist at Sheff near Mount Sinai, 7d. Leban, valley of, its situation, exviii Lebanon, mountains of, why so called, lix described, xxxii—xxxiv —— heighth, xxxii —— number of inhabitants, cecli great valley of, or El] Bekaah, evi, cvii Leben, or sour butter-milk, eccxciv from buffalo’s milk, 7d. Lebi, or old lion, ccelxvii Lebia, or fierce lioness, ccclxvii, ccclxviii Ledja, district of, situation of, ]xxxiii description of, lxxxiv voleanic appearances through the district of, lxxxiv, Ixxxv Leech, cceexviii its value medicinally not known in Syria, id. ——— danger of, to persons drinking, id. Leeche, a kind of cod, cecexvi Leek, common, ccxxxii* Lemon tree, cexiii, cexxiii Lentil, common, or ervum lens, ccxy Lentiles, cccxvii Leontes, river, cliii —— now the Kasmia, exci Leontice leontapetalon, ecx]* Leopard, Syrian, ccelxviii —— known by the names of tiger, panther, and ounce, ecelxviii Lepidium latifolium, ccxli* perfoliatum, 7d. ——— sativum, td. Lepidotus, cyprinus, the binny of the Arabs, ccccxvii* Lepus Syriacus, ccclxxv Letting of vineyards at arent, ancient and modern custom of, CccxxVili, cccxxix Lettuce, cexxxix —— cultivated for its oil,cccxx ‘ Levant, Relation d'un Voyage fait au,’ by Thevenot, xii Travels, &c., to parts of Barbary and the East,’ by Dr. Shaw, xvii Voyages and Travels in the,’ by Frederick Hassel- quist, xx ————. Voyage de,’ by Des Hayes, xii Level of the water of the Dead Sea accounted for, clxxix ‘ Libano, Missione Apostolica, &c., del Monte,’ xi Libanus, its position, xxxii Lice, ccccxxi Liettani, the ancient Leontes, cvi Lightning, cecx Lign-aloe, cexly Lilium candidum, ccxix,* ccxli* —— martagon, ccxli* Persicum florens, ccxv Lily, ecexv, ccxix, ccexli, cexxxiii — blue, cexv VOL. I. ——— = cCCCXXX1 Limax agrestis (snail), ececxviii and note Lime tree, cexiii Linneus, his collection of the papers of Hasselquist, xx, xxi Linnet, red, ceccxi Linseed, cexciii Linum hirsutum, ecxxxi* -——— nodiflorum, id. —— orientale, ccxl* — sativum, 7d. usitatissimum, ccxxxi* i Lion, formerly an inhabitant of Palestine, ceclxvii Lions, taming of, ecclxviii leaf, ccxl tail grass, cclxx Liquorice, cclxxxi Lichen, celxix Lithospermum, arvense, ccx]* ; dispermum, id. Lizard, ecccxii aquatic, eccexili ——— starry, id. Turkish, id, Loaves and fishes, miracle of the, scene of its occurrence, cxiv* Loche, eccexviii Locust, general account of, cecexix, ccccxx eaten by the Bedouins, ccccxx bird, ceccx, ccccxx Lod, city, or Lydda or Diospolis, its situation, cxcili Lotophagi, lotus of the, eexxxv Lotus Arabicus, ccxli* Loup, cccexvi Love apple, cclxxxi Lucan, his description of the simoom, cxlix* Lupins, cccxix Lupinus termis, id.* Lycium spinosum, cclxviii* Lychnis, ccx] Lycopsis confertiflora, cexcii* vesicaria, ccx]* Lycus, or Nahar el Kelb, ci* Lydda, city, or Lod, its situation, exciii Lyndsay, Lord, ‘ Letters on Egypt,’ &c., xviii his description of the mountains of Seir, xliii — of the defile of Wady Sig, xlv of Samaria, cxvii Lynx, ccclxix MAASH or small green kidney bean, cexv Mackerel, cecexvi Mad apple, cclxxxi Madden, Travels in Turkey, Egypt, &e., xviii Madder, cexxxi “cultivated for dyeing, cccxxil F Madox, Excursions in the Holy Land, &c., xviii Madrepores, petrified, lxix Mad-wort, cexli — German, id. 4 Magharat Esdim (Sdédim) grotto of, exxxi Magpie, ccccii Maiden-hair, cclxx Maire noire, ccccxvi Maize or Indian corn, ccexv, ccexiv Mala granata, cccxi Malaye, cccexvi Mallard, cecciv Mallow, cclxvili ——— esculent, celxxxi Jew’s, id. f ; ‘ Malte Brun, his opinion on the Syrian chain of mountains, Xxxi Malva ruderum, cclxviii* vulgaris, zd. Mammalia, cccliv—cccci Mamre, valley of, its situation, extent, &c., cxxv Mandrake, ecexv, cclxiv , e. : root of, superstitions and impositions concerning, eclxv* oe Mangles, Irby and, Travels in Egypt, &c., xviii Mann Shemma, celxxviii ‘ Manna, celxxvi | - plant, Persian, cexcilL ‘ bearing tamarisk, cclxxvi—cclxxvil harvest, celxxvili Mantis, religious, ccccxix and note Manufactures of Syria, ccclii Manure, use of, cccxlv salt used as, id. : spare blood of victims used as, ceexlvi_ March, History of the month of, cexix—ccxxxiii ——— weather in month of, ccxix—ccxxii Mares greatly prized by the Arabs, ccclxxx . } Mariti, Abate, ‘ Viaggio dell’ per Isola di Cypro,’ &e., xvi Marjoram, wild, cclxx _ Martin, common, ccccxl -——— purple, id. 3k
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