stone-benches

Updated: August 14, 2026

There was a rough-hewn, worn, dilapidated gate-way, lined with stone-benches, on which The Ancients were once accustomed to sit and dispense justice as in old Israelitish times.

James Richardson - Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846

The principal streets and squares are lined with stone-benches, on which the people loungingly recline or stretch themselves. Both houses and streets are admirably adapted for the climate, protecting the inhabitants alike from the fiery glare of the summer's sun, and the keen blasts of the winter's cold.

James Richardson - Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846