Four Months in Algeria: With a Visit to Carthage |
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Page 76
... going up hill , and a prudent one in going down , at a dozen different places . It descends on the shore , at a little distance outside the fortifications on the north side of the town , close by the military hospital which has been ...
... going up hill , and a prudent one in going down , at a dozen different places . It descends on the shore , at a little distance outside the fortifications on the north side of the town , close by the military hospital which has been ...
Page 93
... . Both Arbâ and Rovigo lie within the outhan , or circle , of Beni Moussa , the most fertile portion of the province of Algiers . The traveller , going from the former to 94 ORANGE GROVES . the latter , and continuing his.
... . Both Arbâ and Rovigo lie within the outhan , or circle , of Beni Moussa , the most fertile portion of the province of Algiers . The traveller , going from the former to 94 ORANGE GROVES . the latter , and continuing his.
Page 102
... going likewise to place him over the two new purchases . I was fortunate enough to get a sight of this phoenix of a farmer , and do not wonder at the good impression which he made . He was a tall , stalwart fellow , of six feet high ...
... going likewise to place him over the two new purchases . I was fortunate enough to get a sight of this phoenix of a farmer , and do not wonder at the good impression which he made . He was a tall , stalwart fellow , of six feet high ...
Page 130
... going to join their husbands in Kabylie , and a third that of a colonist in the same country , of a lower class . Besides these was a young German nobleman , with a Russian tutor , who was about to make a tour in the same region . I ...
... going to join their husbands in Kabylie , and a third that of a colonist in the same country , of a lower class . Besides these was a young German nobleman , with a Russian tutor , who was about to make a tour in the same region . I ...
Page 141
... going on either to Dellys or Fort Napoleon ; which otherwise the kindness of Colonel Lallemont would have enabled me to achieve , as he at once placed horses and a spahi at my disposal . The spahis of Tizi - Ouzou are a body which ...
... going on either to Dellys or Fort Napoleon ; which otherwise the kindness of Colonel Lallemont would have enabled me to achieve , as he at once placed horses and a spahi at my disposal . The spahis of Tizi - Ouzou are a body which ...
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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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