Four Months in Algeria: With a Visit to Carthage |
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Page 28
... continually moulded more and more into a shape suitable for this purpose ; until at last the result , if tested by common rules of evidence , shocks all com- mon sense . These traditional tales are no more " lying legends " than they ...
... continually moulded more and more into a shape suitable for this purpose ; until at last the result , if tested by common rules of evidence , shocks all com- mon sense . These traditional tales are no more " lying legends " than they ...
Page 40
... continually expecting to have him roll over upon me , and carry me with himself down the cliff . But happily we achieved our dangerous undertaking with- out accident , and after half a quarter of a mile were fairly on the other side of ...
... continually expecting to have him roll over upon me , and carry me with himself down the cliff . But happily we achieved our dangerous undertaking with- out accident , and after half a quarter of a mile were fairly on the other side of ...
Page 48
... continually increasing . The Cathedral at Algiers is extremely well attended at all the services , and the behaviour of the congregation perfectly decorous . Some of the highest functionaries set an excellent example of atten- tion to ...
... continually increasing . The Cathedral at Algiers is extremely well attended at all the services , and the behaviour of the congregation perfectly decorous . Some of the highest functionaries set an excellent example of atten- tion to ...
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... continual skirmishes , while the general completed his road to bring up the heavy guns with which he intended to attack Algiers . On the 29th the army was united at Fontaine Chapelle , and moved forward . The third division , which had ...
... continual skirmishes , while the general completed his road to bring up the heavy guns with which he intended to attack Algiers . On the 29th the army was united at Fontaine Chapelle , and moved forward . The third division , which had ...
Page 101
... continually compels , the French Government has constructed a cadastral map of the whole of the Metidja on a scale of 1 : 40,000 , which is very nearly two inches to a mile , and the sales which take place from time to time are ...
... continually compels , the French Government has constructed a cadastral map of the whole of the Metidja on a scale of 1 : 40,000 , which is very nearly two inches to a mile , and the sales which take place from time to time are ...
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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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