| The Land Of Midian V1 Contributor(s): Burton, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 1162699086 ISBN-13: 9781162699080 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $24.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections - Travel - History |
| Physical Information: 0.42" H x 7.5" W x 9.25" (0.77 lbs) 198 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Unwilling, however, to risk the safety of the gunboat, where nothing was to be expected beyond what we had seen at El-'Akabah, I resolved, after waiting half an hour, not to land. The Sambuk received a cargo of quarrymen and sacks, in order to ship at Makna the "argentiferous galena" and other rocks left by Lieutenant Yusuf and M. Philipin upon the shore; and, that done, she was directed to rejoin us at Tiran Island. As long as the norther coursed high, she beat us hollow; in the afternoon, however, when the gale, as usual, abated, she fell off, perhaps purposely, not wishing to pass a night in the open. By sunset her white sail had clean disappeared, having slipped into some snug cove. |