Four Months in Algeria: With a Visit to Carthage |
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... doubt have been visible at even a greater distance . At nine o'clock on new year's morning we sighted Minorca , and during the day were passing through the channel which separates that island from Majorca . While about two leagues off ...
... doubt have been visible at even a greater distance . At nine o'clock on new year's morning we sighted Minorca , and during the day were passing through the channel which separates that island from Majorca . While about two leagues off ...
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... 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 fuel - generally the root of the dwarf palm - as is possible in effecting his task ...
... 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 fuel - generally the root of the dwarf palm - as is possible in effecting his task ...
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... doubt that the whole found its way to the treasury of the French government . There are several mosques in Algiers still appro- priated to the use of the Moorish population , but some have been converted into Christian churches . I ...
... doubt that the whole found its way to the treasury of the French government . There are several mosques in Algiers still appro- priated to the use of the Moorish population , but some have been converted into Christian churches . I ...
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... doubt the principal EXPENDITURE . Payment to the Imaum Do. Do. Oil for lamps . . Reader Preacher . • Mats . Washing Sundries PIASTRES . 24.5 18 24 96 12 30 12 Balance 187 403.5 The balance goes to the Oukil , or steward , who in this ...
... doubt the principal EXPENDITURE . Payment to the Imaum Do. Do. Oil for lamps . . Reader Preacher . • Mats . Washing Sundries PIASTRES . 24.5 18 24 96 12 30 12 Balance 187 403.5 The balance goes to the Oukil , or steward , who in this ...
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... doubt the French , by acts of unflinching severity , have effectually cowed the native population for at least a generation ; but they have as yet done but little to reconcile them to the yoke , and less to inspire a love for European ...
... doubt the French , by acts of unflinching severity , have effectually cowed the native population for at least a generation ; but they have as yet done but little to reconcile them to the yoke , and less to inspire a love for European ...
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