I was informed by the mehmendar, who had been in the desert, when making a pilgrimage to the shrine of Ali, that the wild ass of Irak Arabi differs in nothing from the one I had just seen. He had observed them often, for a short time, in the possession... THE MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY - Seite 85von EDWARD CHARLESWORTH , F.G.S - 1840Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1822 - 792 Seiten
...m<: of the striking portrait drawn by the author of the book of Job. I was informed by the Mehmander, who \had been in the desert when making a pilgrimage...who told him the creature was perfectly untameable. It is called Gour by the Persians, and is usually seen in herds, though often single, straying away,... | |
| 1822 - 796 Seiten
...me of the striking portrait drawn by the author of the book of Job. I was informed by the Mehmander, who had been in the desert when making a pilgrimage...nothing from the one I had just seen. He had observed (hem often, for a short time, in the possession of the Arabs, who told him the creature was perfectly... | |
| 1828 - 496 Seiten
...the slrikii,1; portrait drawn by the author of the book of Job. " ' I was informed by the menmander, who had been in the desert, when making a pilgrimage...Arabi differs in nothing from the one I had just seen, lie had observed them often, for a short time, in the possession of the Arabs, who told dim the creature... | |
| George Bush - 1831 - 484 Seiten
...drawn by the author of the book of Job. I was informed by the mehmandar that he had observed them often in the possession of the Arabs, who told him the creature was perfectly untamable.' — Travels, vol. ip 459. The expression of Moses has become proverbial, as the Arabians... | |
| 1835 - 272 Seiten
...informed by the Me kmanddr §, who had been in the desert when making a visit- to the shrine of ALT. ||, that the wild ass of Irak Arabi differs in nothing...who told him the creature was perfectly untameable.' The Honourajle Mountstuart Elphinstone, in his account of his embassy to Cabul, states that this animal... | |
| 1835 - 284 Seiten
...informed by the Mehmanddrfj, who had been in the desert when making a visit to the shrine of ALT ||, that the wild ass of Irak Arabi differs in nothing...who told him the creature was perfectly untameable.' The Honourajle Mountstuart Elphinstone, in his account of his embassy to Cabxil, states that this animal... | |
| George Bush - 1839 - 406 Seiten
...by the author of the book J f Job. I was informed by the mehmandar that he had observed them of'en in the possession of the Arabs, who told him the creature was perfectly untameable.' The passage of Job to which the author refers is ch. 39. 5—8, ' Who hath sent out the wild ass free... | |
| 1840 - 456 Seiten
...are seen in the tame species with us. When my followers of the country came up, they regretted that T had not shot the creature when he was within my aim...desert, when making a pilgrimage to the shrine of All, that the wild ass of Irak Arabi differs in nothing from the one I had just seen. He had observed... | |
| 1840 - 534 Seiten
...The -prodigious swiftness and peculiar manner with which he fled across the plain, coincided exaetly with the description that Xenophon gives of the same...desert, when making a pilgrimage to the shrine of All, that the wild ass of Irak Arabi differs in nothing from the one I had just seen. He had observed... | |
| John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - 1840 - 534 Seiten
...of the striking portrait drawn by the author of the book of Job. "I was informed by the mchmendar, who had been in the desert, when making a pilgrimage...the Arabs, who told him the creature was perfectly nntameable. A few days after this discussion, we saw another of these animals ; and pursuing it determinedly,... | |
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