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... reached the flanks of the Great Atlas chain , when , as a young naval officer , he accompanied the late Sir John Drummond Hay on his mission to the city of Marocco in 1829 . Maw had already made collections of living plants in the ...
... reached the flanks of the Great Atlas chain , when , as a young naval officer , he accompanied the late Sir John Drummond Hay on his mission to the city of Marocco in 1829 . Maw had already made collections of living plants in the ...
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... been trans- ported to the hotel , when news reached us that an English steamer was about to sail within two hours for Tangier , and we at once decided that not a moment's time B 2 CH . I. 3 PREPARATIONS FOR THE JOURNEY .
... been trans- ported to the hotel , when news reached us that an English steamer was about to sail within two hours for Tangier , and we at once decided that not a moment's time B 2 CH . I. 3 PREPARATIONS FOR THE JOURNEY .
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... reached his full size and strength , and it seemed a scarcely safe companion for the younger members of his family . He therefore resolved to present it to the Zoological Gardens in London , where it was duly installed . Some two years ...
... reached his full size and strength , and it seemed a scarcely safe companion for the younger members of his family . He therefore resolved to present it to the Zoological Gardens in London , where it was duly installed . Some two years ...
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... reached the lighthouse at Cape Spartel . It is impossible not to feel some interest in this structure that for so many a mariner marks the limit of the great continent , more than three times the area of Europe , that 20 CH . I. NATIVE ...
... reached the lighthouse at Cape Spartel . It is impossible not to feel some interest in this structure that for so many a mariner marks the limit of the great continent , more than three times the area of Europe , that 20 CH . I. NATIVE ...
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... reached a stretch of low cultivated land that extends westward from Tangier to the hills that divide this from the neighbouring provinces of Laraish and Tetuan . The season was not sufficiently advanced for the flower- ing of many ...
... reached a stretch of low cultivated land that extends westward from Tangier to the hills that divide this from the neighbouring provinces of Laraish and Tetuan . The season was not sufficiently advanced for the flower- ing of many ...
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adjoining Africa Agadir Aïn Amsmiz Anti-Atlas appeared Arabic Argan Arround ascend Atlantic Atlas Atlas of Algeria Ball beds Beni Hassan Bereber botanical botanist branches camp Canarian Canary Islands Carstensen Ceuta chain city of Marocco climate coast common Desf distance district Djebel endemic escort Europe European excursion feet Flora flowers genus Governor Graoui ground Haha height hills Hooker Iminteli journey Kabyle Kaïd kasbah Leo Africanus limestone low country Maroccan Mazagan Mediterranean Mesan miles Mogador Moorish Moors morning mountain Mtouga native nearly neighbouring night northern observations olive Oued Ourika Ourika river Ourika valley passed plain plants porphyrites probably province range reached region ridge river rock seemed seen sheik Shelluh side slopes snow soldiers soon Sous South Marocco Southern Spain species specimens spot steep stream Sultan summit Tangier Tasseremout Tetuan tion town travellers trees tribes vegetation village zaouia zone
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