 | James Augustus St. John - 1834 - 592 sivua
...Scripture, used to feed on mallows. Job, ch. xxx. ver. \. Abddlataph, p. 8., and Prosper Al]>inus, ap. Carlyle, Not. ad Jemaleddin. p. 9. (Page 165.)...them, and large profits. I was informed, that when the Solilan of Babylon, in the year 1200, led his army for the first time against the city of Acre, this... | |
 | James Augustus St. John - 1834 - 594 sivua
...are many. Now the Egyptians are men, and not God ; and their horses flesh, not spirit," xxxi. 1.3 — Marco Polo describes the horse trade of Arabia as...city of Aden furnished him with 30,000 horses, and 4>OCO camels." Marsderit Translation, iii. 40. It is from the Nejed, however, the best horses of Arabia... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1854 - 586 sivua
...goods, the produce of India, from Aden to that city. In this port of Aden, likewise, the merchants ship a great number of Arabian horses, which they...islands of India, obtaining high prices for them, and making large profits.2 The soldan of Aden possesses immense treasures, arising from the imposts he... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1854 - 548 sivua
...goods, the produce of India, from Aden to that city. In this port of Aden, likewise, the merchants ship a great number of Arabian horses, which they...islands of India, obtaining high prices for them, and making large profits. 2 The soldan of Aden possesses immense treasures, arising from the imposts he... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1854 - 544 sivua
...goods, the produce of India, from Aden to that city. In this port of Aden, likewise, the merchants ship •a great number of Arabian horses, which they...islands of India, obtaining high •prices for them, and making large profits. 2 The soldan of Aden possesses immense treasures, arising from the imposts he... | |
 | Joseph Charles Parkinson - 1870 - 374 sivua
...for twenty days." . . . "In this port, Aden," continues the old Venetian traveller, " the merchants ship a great number of Arabian horses, which they...kingdoms and islands of India, obtaining high prices and making large profits." It is not as a commercial port that Aden is thought of now, though the trade... | |
 | Joseph Charles Parkinson - 1870 - 418 sivua
...the old Venetian traveller, " the merchants ship a great number of Arabian horses, which they cany for sale to all the kingdoms and islands of India, obtaining high prices and making large profits." It is not as a commercial port that Aden is thought of now, though the trade... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1997 - 324 sivua
...goods, the produce of India, from Aden to that city. In this port of Aden, likewise, the merchants ship a great number of Arabian horses, which they...islands of India, obtaining high prices for them, and making large profits. The soldan of Aden possesses immense treasures, arising from the imposts he lays,... | |
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This is the least difficult, and the shortest route the merchants can take with their goods, the produce of India, from Aden to that city. In this port of Aden, likewise, the merchants ship a great number of Arabian horses, which they carry for sale to... 