Four Months in Algeria: With a Visit to Carthage |
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Page 56
... remarkable manner the way in which an organized society lasts through many ages , taking up into itself elements derived from the most opposite sources . The members of it are called Aïssaoua , -the guild or company of Aïssa , which is ...
... remarkable manner the way in which an organized society lasts through many ages , taking up into itself elements derived from the most opposite sources . The members of it are called Aïssaoua , -the guild or company of Aïssa , which is ...
Page 150
... obvious inference that the same remarkable peculiarity existed in the language that Augustine calls " Punic . " 2. But the " Punic " of Augustine is " the only language besides NOTE ON KABYLE LANGUAGE . 151 Latin in use in PAGE PAGE.
... obvious inference that the same remarkable peculiarity existed in the language that Augustine calls " Punic . " 2. But the " Punic " of Augustine is " the only language besides NOTE ON KABYLE LANGUAGE . 151 Latin in use in PAGE PAGE.
Page 152
... remarkable localities in the neighbourhood , after which the season would be sufficiently advanced to allow of my going to the high plateaux of the Central and Eastern Provinces without prejudice to the main object of my sojourn in ...
... remarkable localities in the neighbourhood , after which the season would be sufficiently advanced to allow of my going to the high plateaux of the Central and Eastern Provinces without prejudice to the main object of my sojourn in ...
Page 170
... remarkable in any other respect but interesting as being the centre of the native commerce in this part of Africa . From Maskara I hoped to obtain means of going direct to Mostaganem , and from thence returning to Oran by the old town ...
... remarkable in any other respect but interesting as being the centre of the native commerce in this part of Africa . From Maskara I hoped to obtain means of going direct to Mostaganem , and from thence returning to Oran by the old town ...
Page 175
... remarkable even among the many remarkable men which the Algerian conquest produced . After dis- playing the power of France by driving Abd - el - Kader from the valley of the upper Tafna , he took advantage of the character of the ...
... remarkable even among the many remarkable men which the Algerian conquest produced . After dis- playing the power of France by driving Abd - el - Kader from the valley of the upper Tafna , he took advantage of the character of the ...
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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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