| Sir Richard Francis Burton - 1856 - 514 ˹éÒ
...condemned to another nauseous draught, and was deluged with two or three skinfuls of water dashed * It is curious that almost all travellers agree upon...calls it " mineralogically" a " block of volcanic biisalt, whose circumference is sprinkled with little crystals, pointed and straw-like, with rhombs... | |
| 1856 - 444 ˹éÒ
...the Spaniard and professed Moslem, gives a sketch of the stone of the real size, and describes it as a block of volcanic basalt, whose circumference is...crystals, pointed and straw-like, with rhombs of tile-red feldspath upon a dark background like velvet or charcoal, except one of its protuberances which is... | |
| Sir Richard Francis Burton - 1857 - 486 ˹éÒ
...After which we blessed the Prophet, and then asked for ourselves all that our souls desired most.f * It is curious that almost all travellers agree upon...crystals, pointed and straw-like, with rhombs of tile-red feldspath upon a dark background, like velvet or charcoal, except one of its protuberances, which is... | |
| Sir Richard Francis Burton, Richard Francis Burton - 1879 - 576 ˹éÒ
...hands and forehead upon it I narrowly observed it, and came away persuaded that it is an aerolite. It is curious that almost all travellers agree upon one point, namely, that the stone is volcanic. AH Bey calls it " mineralogically " a "block of volcanic basalt, whose circumference is sprinkled with... | |
| Edward Balfour - 1885 - 1142 ˹éÒ
...it, and came away persuaded that it is a big aerolite. Ali Bey calls it, 'mineralogically,' a black volcanic basalt, whose circumference is sprinkled...crystals, pointed and strawlike, with rhombs of tile-red feldspath upon a dark background, like velvet or charcoal, except one of its protuberances, which is... | |
| Lady Isabel Burton - 1893 - 670 ˹éÒ
...narrowly observed it, and came away persuaded that it is an aerolite. It is curious that almost all agree upon one point, namely, that the stone is volcanic....except one of its protuberances, which is reddish.' It is also described as 'a lava containing several small extraneous particles of a whitish and of a... | |
| Sir Richard Francis Burton - 1893 - 524 ˹éÒ
...is curious that almost all travellers agree upon one point, namely, that the stone is volcanic. AH Bey calls it " mineralogically " a "block of volcanic...crystals, pointed and straw-like, with rhombs of tile-red feldspath upon a dark background, like velvet or charcoal, except one of its protuberances, which is... | |
| Sir Richard Francis Burton - 1906 - 510 ˹éÒ
...hands and forehead upon it I narrowly observed it, and came away persuaded that it is an aerolite. It is curious that almost all travellers agree upon...crystals, pointed and straw-like, with rhombs of tile-red feldspath upon a dark background, like velvet or charcoal, except one of its protuberances, which is... | |
| Jaś Elsner, Joan Pau Rubiés - 1999 - 358 ˹éÒ
...hands and forehead upon it, I narrowly observed it, and came away persuaded that it is an aerolite. It is curious that almost all travellers agree upon...crystals, pointed and straw-like, with rhombs of tile-red feldspath upon a dark background, like velvet or charcoal, except one of its protuberances, which is... | |
| Edward Balfour - 1885 - 1140 ˹éÒ
...it, and came away persuaded that it is a big aerolite. Ali Bey calls it, ' mineralogically,' a black volcanic basalt, whose circumference is sprinkled...crystals, pointed and strawlike, with rhombs of tile-red feldspath upon a dark background, like velvet or charcoal, except one of its protuberances, which is... | |
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