| A Christian gentleman was wrapped up in cloaks and furs, and appeared to dread the cold, although the thermometer was at 100 | The sheikh now rode in the direction of the Tigris |
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| Ross and myself, wore a striking mixture of European and oriental raiments | Beyond Page 66 him sat a crowd of men of the most ferocious and forbidding exterior - warriors who had passed their lives in war and rapine, looking upon those who did not belong to their tribe as natural enemies, and preferring their wild freedom to all the riches of the earth |
Her limbs were in perfect symmetry: her ears erect, slender, and transparent; her nostrils high, dilated, and deep red; her neck gracefully arched, and her mane and tail of the texture of silk.
| This state of things accounted for the presence of the white tents of the hytas in the midst of his encampment | As supplies were asked for by the women, she lifted the corner of her carpet, untied the mouths of the sacks, and distributed their contents |
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| Her lips were dyed deep blue, her eyebrows were continued in indigo until they united over the nose, her cheeks and forehead were spotted with beauty-marks, her eyelashes darkened by kohl; and on her legs and bosom could be seen the tattooed ends of flowers and fanciful ornaments, which were carried in festoons and network over her whole body | The young man's enthusiasm and devotedness knew no bounds |
One was a man of forty, blackened by long exposure to the desert sun, and of a savage and sanguinary countenance.
26| Ferhan, the son of Sofuk, and a party of horsemen, rode out to meet us as we approached, and led us to the tent of the chief, distinguished from the rest by its size, and the spears which were driven into the ground at its entrance | Hanging from each ear, and reaching to her waist, was an enormous ear-ring of gold, terminating in a tablet of the same material, carved and ornamented with four turquoises |
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| Suffice it to mention, that the walls of the city, flanked by numerous towers, form almost a complete circle, in the center of which rises the palace, an edifice of great magnificence, solidly constructed of squared stones, and elaborately sculptured with figures and ornaments | It was held in its place, above the brow, by a band of spun camel's wool, tied at intervals by silken threads of many colors |
A thick kerchief, striped with red, yellow, and blue, and fringed with long plaited cords, was thrown over his head, and fell down his shoulders.
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