The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal
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ISBN13: 9780217347136
Paperback|9780217347136
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Remarks upon the Maculla Hot Spring in Arabia, together with some Notes regarding the Red Sea Islands. By W. Hibbebt, M. D., Assistant-Surgeon of 2d or Queen's Royal Regiment. The few observations treated of in the present communication, were made during a voyage to India by the overland route, and at a period when I was considerably pushed for time, ?a circumstance I consider it necessary to mention, as it will in some measure account for the very superficial view I could only take of the country, my stay being then limited to a few days. The impression which instantly strikes an observer upon entering the Bay, which is rather a superior one, is the utter barrenness and nakedness, devoid, one might say, of every thing interesting, and moreover so sterile, that there absolutely does not exist sufficient herbage for a few sheep, those, as well as other domestic animals, being invariably fed upon animal food, and chiefly salt fish, a diet which, we well know, renders them by no means acceptable to an English palate. The effect of such treatment also, appears to affect their growth considerably, as few sheep in this quarter are known to exceed eight pounds in weight. Proceeding, however, a few miles inland, some cocoa-nut trees slightly vary the scene, with also a few ruined huts which present themselves, and some wretched watch-towers on the neighbouring hills. From this slight deviation, I shall now proceed to the more direct object of the communication, by giving a hasty sketch of the rocks in the neighbourhood, as also the properties of the accompanying water, which was taken, while warm, from the Maculla hot spring, and sealed immediately afterwards. The hills have rather a peaked form, and a structure chiefly amygdaloidal, with but scanty herbage, and this consistin...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217347136 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217347134 |
| Weight | 1.18 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.81 In |
| List Price | $25.32 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 364 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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