hauteville

Arabs call the hauteville, becomes a tall, uptilted wedge; continued northwards by the smaller feature, and backed by a long sky-line, a high ridge of plaster, pale coloured with glittering points.

The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855

Viewed in profile from the west, the site of El – Muttali’37, as the Arabs call the hauteville, becomes a tall, uptilted wedge; continued northwards by the smaller feature, and backed by a long sky-line, a high ridge of plaster, pale coloured with glittering points.

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The northernmost is known as Wady el-Khurayk, because it drains a height of that name: the others bear the generic term Wady el-Safrá, so called, like the hauteville hill, from the tawny-yellow colour of the rocks.

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It was suggested that this formed part of a street, laid out on the plan of the Jebel el-Safrá, the hauteville of

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Under the influence of the quarantine, El – Wijh, the town on the northern bank of its cove, has blossomed into a hauteville, dating from the last dozen years.

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South-east of the hauteville falls in the now rugged ravine,

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I had been struck by the name of the watercourse to the north of the hauteville, Wady Majrá

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Under the influence of the quarantine, El-Wijh, the town on the northern bank of its cove, has blossomed into a hauteville, dating from the last dozen years.

The Land of Midian — Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855

South-east of the hauteville falls in the now rugged ravine,

The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855

When standing upon the hauteville during my first visit, I had remarked this "white Lady" of a vein, without, however, attaching to it any importance.

The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855