Eastern Life, Present and Past, Vol. 3 of 3 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Eastern Life, Present and Past, Vol. 3 of 3 We lost no time in beginning our researches. We were to be here at least three days; but we were as impatient to look about us as if we must merely pass through, as poor Burckhardt did. - The first thing I did was to ascertain the direction of the stream, in order to understand Laborde´s plan: for he gives no compass points. Having done this, and examined our platform and what I could see from it, I was presently dear as to the following particulars. The site of Petra is not a ravine, as we had been wont to suppose; but a considerable basin, completely closed in by rocks; sufficiently ventilated, however, by the chasms and defiles left in the precipices. The area is of undulating ground, there being scarcely a level spot anywhere, beyond our platform. The stream, dry except in winter, must have been a considerable river in former times, - for depth, though not for width. At present, it is either a fitful brook, flowing shallow over white sand, and among bushes and weeds; or it is a rushing torrent, which presently spends its force, and leaves the channel dry. As I said before, the channel was dry when we were there. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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