Four Months in Algeria: With a Visit to Carthage |
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... five and thirty miles from the land , and the appearance was not unlike that of the English cliffs when one is six or seven miles out I thought at first there must be some optical delusion , but on taking the bearings carefully , and ...
... five and thirty miles from the land , and the appearance was not unlike that of the English cliffs when one is six or seven miles out I thought at first there must be some optical delusion , but on taking the bearings carefully , and ...
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... five minutes under arcades something like those of the streets in Bern , emerged upon a handsome place , on the opposite side of which I recognised the Hotel d'Orient . This had attracted my attention from the deck of the Kabyle by its ...
... five minutes under arcades something like those of the streets in Bern , emerged upon a handsome place , on the opposite side of which I recognised the Hotel d'Orient . This had attracted my attention from the deck of the Kabyle by its ...
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... five miles even by a valetudinarian . Before the end of February I had crossed the Metidja in four different directions , and had traversed on foot or on horseback every portion of the Sahel , the hilly country of the Littoral , which ...
... five miles even by a valetudinarian . Before the end of February I had crossed the Metidja in four different directions , and had traversed on foot or on horseback every portion of the Sahel , the hilly country of the Littoral , which ...
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... five stories in height , built over arcades . This is the case also with the Rue de la Marine , by which all travellers arriving by sea are obliged to pass . In some few instances the Moorish buildings have been retained in this ...
... five stories in height , built over arcades . This is the case also with the Rue de la Marine , by which all travellers arriving by sea are obliged to pass . In some few instances the Moorish buildings have been retained in this ...
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... five years which will keep out any animal but a camel . Old hedges , however , are a favourite harbour for scorpions , for whom they furnish an effectual cover . In the Jardin de Marengo is a colossal bust of the first Emperor Napoleon ...
... five years which will keep out any animal but a camel . Old hedges , however , are a favourite harbour for scorpions , for whom they furnish an effectual cover . In the Jardin de Marengo is a colossal bust of the first Emperor Napoleon ...
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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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