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... Plains - Caravanserais - Hospitable Frenchmen - Valley of the Sebaou - Fort of Tizi - Ouzou - Kabyle Farming - Subjugation of Kabylie - Market of Tizi - Ouzou - A Frank Marabout- Military Tenure of Land - Quarrels of the Kabyles - Their ...
... Plains - Caravanserais - Hospitable Frenchmen - Valley of the Sebaou - Fort of Tizi - Ouzou - Kabyle Farming - Subjugation of Kabylie - Market of Tizi - Ouzou - A Frank Marabout- Military Tenure of Land - Quarrels of the Kabyles - Their ...
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... plain , the Metidja , the concealment of which from the eye of a spectator approaching the land causes the optical deception just noticed . I had heard a great deal of the beauty of the coup d'œil , and was a little disappointed at not ...
... plain , the Metidja , the concealment of which from the eye of a spectator approaching the land causes the optical deception just noticed . I had heard a great deal of the beauty of the coup d'œil , and was a little disappointed at not ...
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... plain of the Metidja , not cut up by fences , but dotted here and there with minute white specks , which indicate that an European has been tempted by the fertility of the soil to brave the fever which rises out of the neighbouring ...
... plain of the Metidja , not cut up by fences , but dotted here and there with minute white specks , which indicate that an European has been tempted by the fertility of the soil to brave the fever which rises out of the neighbouring ...
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... plain on the north - west . This latter comprises the whole circle of the operations that gave the French pos- session of Algiers in 1830. Carrying the eye from the Rous - el - Knathar , of which I have already spoken , along the line ...
... plain on the north - west . This latter comprises the whole circle of the operations that gave the French pos- session of Algiers in 1830. Carrying the eye from the Rous - el - Knathar , of which I have already spoken , along the line ...
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... plains of Egypt than the Tel ( a hill country ) of Algeria . The Arab horseman is indeed armed with a sabre or yataghan , but he only employs it for the purpose of decapitating his wounded prisoner . Encumbered with his loose bournouses ...
... plains of Egypt than the Tel ( a hill country ) of Algeria . The Arab horseman is indeed armed with a sabre or yataghan , but he only employs it for the purpose of decapitating his wounded prisoner . Encumbered with his loose bournouses ...
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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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