Four Months in Algeria: With a Visit to Carthage |
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... Character -French Troops in Bivouack - Their Order and Helpfulness -Admirable Discipline of a Part of the Army - Military Punishment - Note on Kabyle Language . ix PAGE 111 - CHAPTER VII . The Western Province - Coasting Voyage - View ...
... Character -French Troops in Bivouack - Their Order and Helpfulness -Admirable Discipline of a Part of the Army - Military Punishment - Note on Kabyle Language . ix PAGE 111 - CHAPTER VII . The Western Province - Coasting Voyage - View ...
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... character to the idiom spoken in Algiers and the immediate neighbourhood , -which , both in pronunciation and vocabulary , differs much from the Arabic of the country only a few miles off . The remains of the Roman town , whatever their ...
... character to the idiom spoken in Algiers and the immediate neighbourhood , -which , both in pronunciation and vocabulary , differs much from the Arabic of the country only a few miles off . The remains of the Roman town , whatever their ...
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... character , and least likely to inspire an expectation of the beauty of the interiors . The Kazbah is rather a fortified palace than a citadel in the proper sense of the word . It is com- pletely commanded by a hill in the immediate ...
... character , and least likely to inspire an expectation of the beauty of the interiors . The Kazbah is rather a fortified palace than a citadel in the proper sense of the word . It is com- pletely commanded by a hill in the immediate ...
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... place of such a one , to which a sacred character is always considered to attach . There is no form of consecration used by the Mahometans either for their places of sepulture or 26 THE MARABOUTS OF BARBARY .米 religious worship ;
... place of such a one , to which a sacred character is always considered to attach . There is no form of consecration used by the Mahometans either for their places of sepulture or 26 THE MARABOUTS OF BARBARY .米 religious worship ;
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... character from the dancing dervish of the East . He is a man of piety and learning , according to the Mahometan standard , who devotes himself to works of religion and benevolence . Many marabouts have been possessed of large fortunes ...
... character from the dancing dervish of the East . He is a man of piety and learning , according to the Mahometan standard , who devotes himself to works of religion and benevolence . Many marabouts have been possessed of large fortunes ...
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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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