 | Edinburgh encyclopaedia - 1830 - Страниц: 830
...father of Abyssinia, about 1540 years ago. The present town, which contains about 600 houses, stands partly in, and partly at, the mouth of a nook formed by two hills, on the north-west end of an extensive valley, where the soil, which is very prodirctive, is interspersed with... | |
 | 1835 - Страниц: 588
...Egypt: that of Rüppell, a German traveller in Abyssinia, is not yet published. The town stands ‘ partly in and partly at the mouth of a nook formed...fertile valley, which is watered by a small stream.' One of the objects that first strikes a traveller is a small plain obelisk, with the remains of many... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1835 - Страниц: 564
...Egypt : that of Riippell, a German traveller in Abyssinia, is not yet published. The town stands ' partly in and partly at the mouth of a nook formed...fertile valley, which is watered by a small stream.' One of the objects that first strikes a traveller is a small plain obelisk, with the remains of many... | |
 | 1835 - Страниц: 566
...Egypt : thai of Ruppell, a German traveller in Abyssinia, is not yet published. The town stands • partly 'in and partly at the mouth of a nook formed...fertile valley, which is watered by a small stream.' One of the objects that first strikes a traveller is a email plain obelisk, with the remains of many... | |
 | 1835 - Страниц: 1102
...in Egypt: that of Riippell, a German traveller in Abyssinia, is not yet published. The town stands ' partly in and partly at the mouth of a nook formed by two hills on the NW and of an extensive and fertile valley, which is watered by a small stream.' One of the objects that... | |
 | 1868 - Страниц: 766
...Axum, or rather Auxum, for the A is very broad, which corresponds in site to the aucient one, stands partly in and partly at the mouth of a nook, formed by two hills on the north-west end of an extensive and fertile valley, watered by a small stream. The town is * " Contra... | |
 | National cyclopaedia - 1879 - Страниц: 702
...consists of only about 600 houses; it stands 'partly in and partly at the mouth of a nook formed hy two hills on the NW end of an extensive and fertile valley, which is watered by a small stream.' One of the objects that first strikes a traveller is a small plain obelisk, with the remains of many... | |
 | National cyclopaedia - 1884 - Страниц: 642
...houses ; it stands " partly in and partlv at tlie mouth of a nook formed by two hills on the NW t-nd of an extensive and fertile valley, which is watered by a small stream." One of the objects which first strikes a traveller is a small plain obelisk, with the remains of many... | |
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Riippell, a German traveller in Abyssinia, is not yet published. The town stands ' partly in and partly at the mouth of a nook formed by two hills on the NW end of an extensive and fertile valley, which is watered by a small stream. 