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His eyes caught movement down there beyond the lawn, under the trellis of rambler roses and young acacia-trees, where the moonlight fell.
To Let 2004
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We passed through valleys of firm sand, between irregular chains of low hills, where some shrubs and stunted acacia-trees grow.
Travels in Arabia 2003
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Some Bedouins of Beni Salem, to which tribe the inhabitants of Djedeyde also belong, pastured their flocks here: they were chiefly occupied in collecting food for their camels from the acacia-trees; for this purpose, they spread a straw mat under the tree, and beat its boughs with long sticks, when the youngest and freshest leaves, from the extremities of the twigs, fall down: these are esteemed the best food for camels.
Travels in Arabia 2003
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We passed through valleys of firm sand, between irregular chains of low hills, where some shrubs and stunted acacia-trees grow.
Travels in Arabia 2003
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He built two huts with boughs of acacia-trees, one for his friend, the other for himself; and continued to nurse him, and solicit alms for his benefit from passing travellers, until he recovered.
Travels in Arabia 2003
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Hadj road, on which we travelled, rises gently between hills, through valleys full of acacia-trees, in a direction N. 40 W.
Travels in Arabia 2003
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Zogág, a narrow valley of gentle ascent, full of loose stones, and overgrown with acacia-trees.
Travels in Arabia 2003
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After a ride of ten hours from Beder, we encamped at the break of day in a part of the plain, where low acacia-trees grow, called adheyba.
Travels in Arabia 2003
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It looked rather like a rhinoceros feeding among the acacia-trees.
Southern Arabia Mabel Bent
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Water-birds and water-plants were here to be found in abundance, and the hill slopes around were decked with fine sycamores and acacia-trees, amongst the branches of which sweet white jessamine, several species of convolvulus, and other creepers climbed.
Southern Arabia Mabel Bent
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