Four Months in Algeria: With a Visit to Carthage |
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... eight hours later . At one o'clock the Kabyle passed the Marseilles lighthouse , carrying twelve or fourteen deck and second cabin passengers , but only myself in the chief cabin . I was well con- tent to accept the dulness of my ...
... eight hours later . At one o'clock the Kabyle passed the Marseilles lighthouse , carrying twelve or fourteen deck and second cabin passengers , but only myself in the chief cabin . I was well con- tent to accept the dulness of my ...
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... eight hundred feet ; and although the surrounding country is inferior in beauty to the immediate neighbourhood of Algiers , it possesses perhaps greater interest for the botanist and geologist , and is particularly well adapted for ...
... eight hundred feet ; and although the surrounding country is inferior in beauty to the immediate neighbourhood of Algiers , it possesses perhaps greater interest for the botanist and geologist , and is particularly well adapted for ...
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... eight hundred years ago , have since that time disappeared . Excavations occasionally bring to light a mosaic pavement , a stone chair , a hand - mill , or the fragment of a statue ; and cut stones , obviously removed from their ...
... eight hundred years ago , have since that time disappeared . Excavations occasionally bring to light a mosaic pavement , a stone chair , a hand - mill , or the fragment of a statue ; and cut stones , obviously removed from their ...
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... eight canons at 2,400 francs each ; and sixty - eight secular priests , of which those in the principal villages received 2,500 francs annually , and the others 1,800 . Besides these there were twenty vicars and ten auxiliary priests ...
... eight canons at 2,400 francs each ; and sixty - eight secular priests , of which those in the principal villages received 2,500 francs annually , and the others 1,800 . Besides these there were twenty vicars and ten auxiliary priests ...
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... on the duties of wedlock . I was conducted by a Jew to seven or eight of these synagogues , in each of which a col- lection is made for the poor of the district , and every 54 SINGULAR CUSTOM . visitor is expected to contribute a.
... on the duties of wedlock . I was conducted by a Jew to seven or eight of these synagogues , in each of which a col- lection is made for the poor of the district , and every 54 SINGULAR CUSTOM . visitor is expected to contribute a.
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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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