 | James Grey Jackson - 1809 - 340 pages
...and sav to the rider, Salem Alick, ere he shall have answered */ thee, Alick Salem, he will be afar off, and nearly out of sight, for his swiftness is like the wind." Talking with an Arab of Suse, on the subject of these fleet camels, and the desert horse, he assured... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - 1809 - 518 pages
...say to the rider, Salem Alick! " ere he shall have answered Ihee, Alick Salem ! he shall be " afar off, and nearly out of sight ; for his swiftness is like " the wind." When my author computes by the term of a day's journey, he is to be understood as speaking of a journey... | |
 | Enos Bronson - 1809 - 458 pages
...and say to the rider, Salem Mick ! ere he shall have answered thee, ¿i/ick Salem ! he shall be afar off. and nearly out of sight ; for his swiftness is like the wind." • When my author computes by the term of a day's journey, he is to be understood as speaking of a... | |
 | James Rennie - 1829 - 440 pages
...heirie, and say to the rider, Salem Alick, ere he shall have answered the Alick Salem, he will be afar off, and nearly out of sight, for his swiftness is like the wind." Mr. Jackson, in his account of the Empire of Marocco, states that the fastest breed of the swift dromedary,... | |
 | Edinburgh encyclopaedia - 1830 - 830 pages
...us ;' ere he shall have answered thee, Alick-Salem, « there ie peace between us,' he will be afar off, and nearly out of sight, for his swiftness is like the wind." The arts of the Bedouins are few and simple, and consist in weaving their clumsy tents and clothing,... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 1178 pages
...heirie, and say to the rider, Salem Alick, ere he shall have answered the Alick Salem, he will be afar off, and nearly out of sight, for his swiftness is like the wind.' Mr. Jackson, in his account of the Empire of Marocco, states that the fastest breed of the swift dromedary,... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1835 - 466 pages
...thou shalt meet a heirie, and say to the rider Stiltim alec, ere he shall have answered Alee tuilnin, he will be far off, and nearly out of sight, for his...The first, which is extremely rare, is denominated tanayee,, or the heirie of nine days ; that is, lK> can perform a nine days' journey in one. The second... | |
 | 1839 - 352 pages
...and say to the rider, ' Salam Aleik!' ere he shall have answered thee ' Aleik Salam!' he will be afar off, and nearly out of sight, for his swiftness is like the wind!" That Horses were highly valued in Egypt from the earliest antiquity, we have the most unerring testimony.... | |
 | 1841 - 612 pages
...the rider, " Peace be between us ;" ere he shall have answered thee, " There is peace between us," he will be far off and nearly out of sight, for his swiftness is like the wind.' A dromedary will traverse as much ground, in a level country, in one night, as any single horse can... | |
 | Natural history - 1840 - 180 pages
...alie, (Peace be between us,) ere he shall have answered the Alie salem, (There is peace between us,) he will be far off, and nearly out of sight, for his swiftness is like the wind," is the figurative language of the Arab to indicate the fleetness of the heirie. The extraordinary length... | |
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Salam alec, ere he shall have answered Alec salam, he will be far off, and nearly out of sight, for his swiftness is like the wind. 
