Four Months in Algeria: With a Visit to Carthage |
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... animals , and he mentions the wall of a large church , which , from its direction due east and west , was made use of by the Mahometans as a kellah ( or means of orientation ) , when they performed their devotions . But besides the ...
... animals , and he mentions the wall of a large church , which , from its direction due east and west , was made use of by the Mahometans as a kellah ( or means of orientation ) , when they performed their devotions . But besides the ...
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... animals . The form of these , as well as of the imple- ments which are used , has , no doubt , remained the same for centuries ; and it is very curious to watch the way in which the operator manages his fire so as to consume as little ...
... animals . The form of these , as well as of the imple- ments which are used , has , no doubt , remained the same for centuries ; and it is very curious to watch the way in which the operator manages his fire so as to consume as little ...
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... animal with the Moors , and some of the marabouts possess a fund specially appropriated for the mainte- nance of several . They have also inherited a supersti- tion , many thousand years old , that animals haunt 32 GARDEN OF MARENGO ...
... animal with the Moors , and some of the marabouts possess a fund specially appropriated for the mainte- nance of several . They have also inherited a supersti- tion , many thousand years old , that animals haunt 32 GARDEN OF MARENGO ...
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... animal , is a favourite food of the camel . The stalk is used for fuel . In order to make a hedge of this plant , all that is requi- .site is to scratch a row of small holes in the ground , and set a single leaf in each , and from them ...
... animal , is a favourite food of the camel . The stalk is used for fuel . In order to make a hedge of this plant , all that is requi- .site is to scratch a row of small holes in the ground , and set a single leaf in each , and from them ...
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... animal matter ; for the proceeding which I wit- nessed was obviously the usual one . There were some few cases of fever in this hospital even at the time of my visit , in the month of February ; but the great accession , over the whole ...
... animal matter ; for the proceeding which I wit- nessed was obviously the usual one . There were some few cases of fever in this hospital even at the time of my visit , in the month of February ; but the great accession , over the whole ...
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