Four Months in Algeria: With a Visit to Carthage |
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... occupied ; and I was obliged to content myself with a small chamber and dressing - room on the fifth floor , which , in fact , consisted of a few apartments built above the original roof of the house . In three or four days , however ...
... occupied ; and I was obliged to content myself with a small chamber and dressing - room on the fifth floor , which , in fact , consisted of a few apartments built above the original roof of the house . In three or four days , however ...
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... by Algerian antiquaries to have occupied the site of Fouka , ncar Koleah . It passed from thence to Tipasa , and Julia Cæsarea , the modern Cherchel . The other , following the course of the The LIMIT OF ITS SIZE . 15 Rue Bab - Azoun.
... by Algerian antiquaries to have occupied the site of Fouka , ncar Koleah . It passed from thence to Tipasa , and Julia Cæsarea , the modern Cherchel . The other , following the course of the The LIMIT OF ITS SIZE . 15 Rue Bab - Azoun.
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... occupied by the stores of an European shopkeeper ; in others the tenant has cut oblong holes in the outer walls and put sashes into them , and scarcely in any has there been attention paid to keep- ing up the ornamental repairs . Still ...
... occupied by the stores of an European shopkeeper ; in others the tenant has cut oblong holes in the outer walls and put sashes into them , and scarcely in any has there been attention paid to keep- ing up the ornamental repairs . Still ...
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... gaining more and more the monopoly of the native traffic . In one or two streets only are the shops occupied by Moors , who are chiefly employed in making shoes . The Moorish shop , MOORISH SHOPS . 49 or rather stall , is nothing.
... gaining more and more the monopoly of the native traffic . In one or two streets only are the shops occupied by Moors , who are chiefly employed in making shoes . The Moorish shop , MOORISH SHOPS . 49 or rather stall , is nothing.
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... occupied . Its scale corresponded with that of the country - house of an English gentleman with a fortune of £ 7,000 or £ 8,000 a - year . When I reached it , however , I found the roof gone , and the glazed tiles which had ornamented ...
... occupied . Its scale corresponded with that of the country - house of an English gentleman with a fortune of £ 7,000 or £ 8,000 a - year . When I reached it , however , I found the roof gone , and the glazed tiles which had ornamented ...
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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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