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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    Purslain, cexxxix PeOtr ry Pyrites in the porphyry of Sinai, Ixili QuaIL, eceevii, ecccix Tey ; Quarantania mountains, situation and description of, xxxix Quercus, ccxlvii : ———— exgilops, cexlviii ; coccifera, cexlvili,* ccxlix cupula crinata, ecxlviii* foliis dentato-aculeatis, cclxx* glande recondita, ecxlviii* ilex, cexlviii —— aquifolia, id.* robur, ccxlvii* valonidi, ecxl viii RassBau, the capital of the Ammonites, site of, now Amman, CXXxix Racham, believed to be the aquiline vulture, eccci Rachel’s sepulchre, cxxiv Raddish, wild, cexxxi Radzivil, Prince, his ‘ Hierosolymitana Peregrinatio,’ x Rafah, or Raphia, cv Rail, eccevi water, id. Raia virgala, ecccxvi* Rain, ccxliv Rains, first, cecxliv Raisins, cecxxxvi of Damascus cultivated in El Bekaah, cvii Rakham, or vulture, cccci Rallus aquaticus, ceccvi* crex, td. Rana arborea, ceccxii* — bufa, id. esculenta, id. Ranunculus, ccxv, celxviii Ras el Abaid, or White Cape, ciii Ain, cisterns of, attributed to Solomon, cii Rat, water, ecelxx Rattam, or broom, cexxviii, ecxlvii Rauwolff, Leonhart, ‘ Beschreibung der Raiss,’ &c., xili ———_—————__-—___————- translated by Nicholas Staphorst, in Ray’s ‘ Collection, xx Raven, ccccii Ray, his ‘ Collection of Curious Voyages and Travels,’ xx fish, ceccxvi Red Sea, fossil shells on the borders of the, lxix fish, cecexvi, ccccxvii ‘ Reis nach Jerusalem und dem Lande Canaan,’ by Myrike, xiv ‘ Reise nach dem Gelobten Lande,’ by Korten, xvii ins Heilige Land,’ &c., by Jacob Wormbser, xiv zum Heilige Grab,’ by Daniel Ecklin, id. ins Heilige Landt,’ &c., by Johann Count of Solms, xiii nach Hierusalem,’ &c., by Hanns Helflrich, xiv beschreibung,’ &c., by Johann Tucher, xiii ‘ Reisen durch Europa, Asia, und Afrika,’ by Schulz, xvii ‘Relation du Voyage d’Anne Cheron, &c., 4 Jerusalem,’ viii* Remauria, cclxix Rephaim, valley of, situation, extent, &c., of, cxxiii, cxxiv Reptiles, cecexii—ccccexv Reseda vulyaris, ccxl* Rest-harrow, cexli stinking, cclxx Rethem, cexlvii shrub, celii Revenue of the Syrian government, ecclii Rewick, Edward, a painter, his journey to the Holy Land with Breydenbach, ix Reynier, ‘De l Economie Publique et Rural des Arabes et des Juifs,’ xxi* ‘Reyse und Bilgerfahrt zum Heilegen Grab,’ by Tschudis von Glaras, xiv ‘ Reysen door den Levant,’ &c., by Cornelius van Bruyn, id. Rhamuus, cexlvi, cclxix lotus, ccxxxv ———— paliurus, cexxxvi spina Christi, cexxxvi, cclxviii* Rhinobatus cemiculus, ececxvi* Rhus coriaria, eclxix* sumax, ceclxxi Rice, or oriza sativa, ccxy plant, cccxvi culture of, cceexvii y preparation of for food described, id. Richardson, Dr. ‘ Travels along the Mediterranean,’ xviii Ricinus communis, cccxx* palma Christi, celxviii* Right Hand Mountain, or Jebel Yamen, exxx Ring ousel, eccex Robertson, his observation on the early use of gold, silver, and copper, Ixxii Robin-redbreast, eccexi Robinson, * Travels in Palestine and Syria,’ xviii Professor, and Rev. Eli Smith, their description of the Dead Sea, cx, exi Rochetta, Aquilante, his ‘ Peregrinatione di Terra Santa,’ &c., xi Rocket, ccxli Roger, Eugene, his work ‘ La Terre Sainte,’ &c., xi Roller, common, cecciii Roque, La, ‘ Voyage de Syrie,’ &c., xiii Rosa alba, cclxxxiii* centifolia, id.* —— Damascena, id.* sempervirens, ccxxxiv Rose, damask, cclxxxiii evergreen, cclxxxiv —— hundred leaved, cclxxxiii — of Jericho, cclxxxiv —— of Sharon, cexli —— white garden, cclxxxiii yellow, cclxxxiv gardens, td. Rosemary, ccxxx —————— bush, cel xxii Rouget, ccecxvi Roziére, M. de, ‘ Description de l’ Egypte’ (mineralogy), xxi —_____—_—— his observations on the rocks of Sinai, Ix Rubia tinctorum, ccexxii* Rubus (bramble), cclxx, celxxi — creticus, ccxlvii ° sanctus, ecxlvi Rue, ccxxx, cexxxii, celxiv Syrian, cclxxix Rus oxycanthdides, cclii* Rush, cexli Russegger, M., his journey from Hebron to Jerusalem, lvi,* lvii Russell, Dr., ‘ Natural History of Aleppo,’ xxii ———___——- his account of the months of June, July, and August, celxxi of the hawks of Syria, ececii* Dr. Patrick, his account of the earthquake of 1759, Ixxxix—xci Ruta graveolens, ccxxx Rye not cultivated in Palestine, ccxiv SACKIYEH, or Persian Wheel, irrigation by, ccxcv description of, by Mr. Lane, cexevii ‘ Sacra Phytologia,’ by John Henry Ursinus, v Safet, the city of, or Bethulia, xxxv Saffron cultivated for dyeing, cccxxi Safflower, or bastard saffron, cultivated for its oil and flowers in dyeing, id. Sage, ccxxx, ccxl, cclxiv, cclxx Saifia, or summer crops, ccxiv Saiga, by some supposed to be the Akko, ccexevi St. Catherine, Mount, one of the summits of Mount Horeb, xlviii ascent of, described, 1 view from its summit, ], li temperature of the atmosphere at, id. ——_____————— composition of its summit, xii St. Elias, his rock, cxxiii St. Hilaire, Geoffroy, ‘ Description de Egypte’ (mammalia), Xxli (reptiles), id. St. John’s wort, cexciii St. Philip, fountain of, exxvi St. Saba, desert and monastery of, situation and description of, CXXVii, Cxciv Salix Babylonica, cclxx* Egyptiaca vel safsaf, id. Salsola fruticosa, eclxix Salt, prevalence of, by the Dead Sea, lxix, lxx used as manure, cccxlv Salipetre, plentiful in the eastern country of the Haouran, xx Burckhardt’s account of, Ixxiv* Salvia, ccxl* norminum, cclxx* pomifera, id. verbenaca, id. verticillatum, id. Samaria, city of, its former situation, id., exvii situation of, xxxvii, xxxviii description of, by Lord Lyndsay, cxvii Samiel, simoom, or poison wind, effects and description of, exliii, exliv Samochonitis, lake, or waters of Merom, clxi, elxii Sand storms, cxliii—exlvii stone, very common throughout Palestine, lxiv —— piper, grey, ccccvi thistle, ecxxx Sandys, ‘ Relation of a Journey to the Holy Land,’ &c., xv Sanfoin, or St. Foine, cexli Santolina fragrantissima, cclxvii* Sargus annularis, ccecxvi* raucus, id. ~~ ——— vulgaris, id. common, cceccxvi
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