...described by one of the companions of his expedition, the sage and heroic Xenophon.47 " The " country was a plain throughout, as even as the sea, and " full of wormwood ; and if any other kind of shrubs or " reeds grew there, they had all an aromatic smell; but " no trees...

...CHAP. «« throughout, as even as the sea, and full of " wormwood ; and if any other kind of shrills " or reeds grew there, they had all an aromatic " smell ; but no trees could be seen. Bustards " and ostriches, antelopes and wild asses,b ap" peared to be the only inhabitants...

...country was a plain " throughout, as even as the sea, and full of worm" wood; and if any other kind of shrubs or reeds " grew there, they had all an aromatic smell; but " no trees could be seen. Bustards and ostriches, " antelopes and wild asses, appeared to be the only " inhabitants...

...even as the sea, and full of wormwood ; if any other kind of shrubs or weeds grew there, they hare all an aromatic smell : but no trees appeared. Of...asses, and not a few ostriches, besides bustards, and roe-deer, (antelopes,) which our horsemen sometism chased. At this period the caravan was reduced to...

...uninteresting; the traveller bears testimony to the accuracy of Xenophon's description. The country was a plain throughout, as even as the sea, and full of wormwood ; if any other kind of shrubs or weeds grew there, they have all an aromatic smell ; but no trees appeared. Of wild...

...description given of the Plains of Mesopotamia, by Xenophon, is strikingly accurate. " The country was a plain throughout, as even as the sea, and full of wormwood : if any other kind of shrubs or reeds grew there, they had all an aromatic smell; but no trees appeared. Of wild...

...the same in the age of Xenophon ; as, in the Anabasis, he thus describes it : — " The country was a plain throughout, as even as the sea, and full of wormwood ; and if any other kind of shrubs or reeds grew there, they had all an aromatic smell ; but no frees...

...his right hand, and in five days' march through a desert, made thirty-five parasangs. The country was a plain throughout, as even as the sea, and full of...wild creatures, the most numerous were wild asses, 3 and not a few ostriches, 4 success might have given him a better title to it, and who was obliged...

...his right hand, and in five days' march through a desert, made thirty-five parasangs. The country was a plain throughout, as even as the sea, and full of...wild creatures, the most numerous were wild asses, 3 and not a few ostriches, * success might have given him a better title to it, and who was obliged...

...his right-hand, and in five days' march through a desert, made thirty-five parasangs. The country was a plain throughout, as even as the sea, and full of...appeared. Of wild creatures the most numerous were wild asses,1 and not a few ostriches,2 besides bustards3 and roe1 All authors, both ancient and modern,...