Our usual mode of proceeding was to set out about two o'clock in the morning and continue travelling till nine, ten, or eleven, when an encampment was formed for the day ; but it several times occurred that We were obliged to go on until five or six o'clock... Travels in Europe, Asia Minor and Arabia - Page 352by John Griffiths (M. D.) - 1805 - 396 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1805 - 574 pages
...caravan commenced its march at a quarter past eleven o'clock in the night of the 8th of June i786. The ' usual mode of proceeding was to set out about two...fatigue of those days is not easy to be described.' During the first eight days, little occurred worthy of notice, except the appearance of straggling... | |
| 1806 - 1016 pages
...be preserved by the power uf arms, or the protection ufa RaiTeek. Our usual mode of proceeding wai to set out about two o'clock in the morning, and continue...tent, arms, horse, baggage, and all the travellers, weie placed in the centre of the encampment, formtd when we halted, surrounded by the bales o/ merchandise,... | |
| 1823 - 190 pages
...could reach, and being without shad* «r shelter, was scorched by the intense rays of the sun. Their usual mode of proceeding was to set out about two o'clock in the morning, and con. tinue travelling until nine or ten, when they halted to rest, and formed an encampment ; the tents,... | |
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