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... Horses - Their special Merits - Ain - Temou- chent - Lions and Panthers - Copper Mines of Sebdou . . . 152 CHAPTER VIII . Journey to Maskara - Failure of Communistic Experiment- Approach to Maskara - Trade of Maskara - Growth of the ...
... Horses - Their special Merits - Ain - Temou- chent - Lions and Panthers - Copper Mines of Sebdou . . . 152 CHAPTER VIII . Journey to Maskara - Failure of Communistic Experiment- Approach to Maskara - Trade of Maskara - Growth of the ...
Page xi
... Horses - Re- mains of Calama - Effects of an Earthquake - Pagan Riots at Calama - Appeal to St. Augustine - Healthy Neighbourhood of Guelma - Journey to Bona - Wild Boars and Lions - Descent upon Bona - Site of Ancient Hippo - Military ...
... Horses - Re- mains of Calama - Effects of an Earthquake - Pagan Riots at Calama - Appeal to St. Augustine - Healthy Neighbourhood of Guelma - Journey to Bona - Wild Boars and Lions - Descent upon Bona - Site of Ancient Hippo - Military ...
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... beauty to the immediate neighbourhood of Algiers , it possesses perhaps greater interest for the botanist and geologist , and is particularly well adapted for horse - exercise . TOWN OF ALGIERS . 13 CHAPTER II . THE lower.
... beauty to the immediate neighbourhood of Algiers , it possesses perhaps greater interest for the botanist and geologist , and is particularly well adapted for horse - exercise . TOWN OF ALGIERS . 13 CHAPTER II . THE lower.
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... horse , and found it very difficult . The seaward slope of the hills is in some parts so very steep , and the soil altogether so friable , that a heavy fall of rain is sure to wash away the path in many places , and in others , where ...
... horse , and found it very difficult . The seaward slope of the hills is in some parts so very steep , and the soil altogether so friable , that a heavy fall of rain is sure to wash away the path in many places , and in others , where ...
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... horses or mules having passed ; but there was nothing of the kind . I then thought of gaining the crest of the ... horse , stumbling over the blocks of stone which lay 40 PASSAGE ROUND THE CAPE . concealed beneath this overgrowth.
... horses or mules having passed ; but there was nothing of the kind . I then thought of gaining the crest of the ... horse , stumbling over the blocks of stone which lay 40 PASSAGE ROUND THE CAPE . concealed beneath this overgrowth.
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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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