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... Maskara - Disastrous Retreat - Cavaignac in the Mechouar - His heroic Bravery and Magnanimity - Destruc- tion of ... Maskara - Failure of Communistic Experiment- Approach to Maskara - Trade of Maskara - Growth of the Vine - Delays in ...
... Maskara - Disastrous Retreat - Cavaignac in the Mechouar - His heroic Bravery and Magnanimity - Destruc- tion of ... Maskara - Failure of Communistic Experiment- Approach to Maskara - Trade of Maskara - Growth of the Vine - Delays in ...
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... Maskara I passed by the door of a hut , where an exorcism by some Aïssaoua was being carried on inside . Mingling with some Arabs that were standing and looking in , I saw a performer in the state of ecstatic . excitement ; but in two ...
... Maskara I passed by the door of a hut , where an exorcism by some Aïssaoua was being carried on inside . Mingling with some Arabs that were standing and looking in , I saw a performer in the state of ecstatic . excitement ; but in two ...
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... Maskara , in the western province , at nearly the same height above the sea , and apparently of about the same thickness , viz . 150 or 160 feet . It also appeared on the road into Great Kabylie , but at a much lower elevation , viz ...
... Maskara , in the western province , at nearly the same height above the sea , and apparently of about the same thickness , viz . 150 or 160 feet . It also appeared on the road into Great Kabylie , but at a much lower elevation , viz ...
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... Maskara , in the western pro- vince of Algeria . In these localities the sands of the desert would supply the same shelter which was fur- nished by the steep mountains of the north . The nomads in the plains of Morocco are said to call ...
... Maskara , in the western pro- vince of Algeria . In these localities the sands of the desert would supply the same shelter which was fur- nished by the steep mountains of the north . The nomads in the plains of Morocco are said to call ...
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... Maskara , but it was now transferred to Oran ; and this circumstance , occurring as it did nearly forty years before the French invasion of Africa , contributed by the strangest of chances more than almost anything else to secure the ...
... Maskara , but it was now transferred to Oran ; and this circumstance , occurring as it did nearly forty years before the French invasion of Africa , contributed by the strangest of chances more than almost anything else to secure the ...
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Abd-el-Kader Africa Algeria Algiers ancient animal appeared Arabs army arrived Arzew Atlas Aurès Batna Blidah Bona Boudouaou Bougie brought built camels camp Cape caravanserai Carthage character Cheliff Cherchell chief cisterns coast commandant Constantine course cultivation descends distance eight elevation Emperor European existed extremely feet Fonduck fortification four francs French Government ground Guelma harbour hills horses houses immediate neighbourhood inscription Isser Jemappes Kabyle Kabyle language L'Arbâ labour land latter limestone lion Magaria Maison Carrée marabout Maskara Mazagran Mechouar Médéah Metidja miles military Moorish Morocco mosque Mostaganem mountains mules native nearly night occupied officer Oran passed Philippeville plain plateau population probably province remains river road Roman route ruins Sahel Sebaou Sebkah seemed side Sidi soil soldiers spahi Spaniards steamer stone tion Tizi-Ouzou Tlemçen told tomb town tribe Tunis valley village walls whole wild
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