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... River closed - Tomb of St. Augustine - Search for the Aque- duct - Iron Mines - Want of a Port 332 CHAPTER XIII . Voyage to Tunis - Pilgrims to Mecca - Ruffianism of French Sailors - Hotels at Tunis - Jewish Tax - farmers - Interior of ...
... River closed - Tomb of St. Augustine - Search for the Aque- duct - Iron Mines - Want of a Port 332 CHAPTER XIII . Voyage to Tunis - Pilgrims to Mecca - Ruffianism of French Sailors - Hotels at Tunis - Jewish Tax - farmers - Interior of ...
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... river Harash on a stone bridge of some centuries old . Following the course of the route through Musta- pha , the visitor , after passing the culminating point ( on which a column is placed , commemorating the names of General Voirol ...
... river Harash on a stone bridge of some centuries old . Following the course of the route through Musta- pha , the visitor , after passing the culminating point ( on which a column is placed , commemorating the names of General Voirol ...
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... river issues from the mountains . This road runs south , with a very slight variation to the west , and passes for its whole length over a part of the plain which is slightly elevated above the depressions which exist both to the east ...
... river issues from the mountains . This road runs south , with a very slight variation to the west , and passes for its whole length over a part of the plain which is slightly elevated above the depressions which exist both to the east ...
Page 102
... river which takes its rise in the Atlas , and runs for some distance in a north - east direction ; but on emerging from the hills at Fonduck it changes its course to the north - west , and falls into the sea about a couple of miles to ...
... river which takes its rise in the Atlas , and runs for some distance in a north - east direction ; but on emerging from the hills at Fonduck it changes its course to the north - west , and falls into the sea about a couple of miles to ...
Page 117
... jackals . On leaving the gorge of the Chiffa , carobs , almond trees , and wild olives of great size are seen . After quitting the valley of the river altogether , the road 118 MUDLIKE SOIL . continues to ascend in a general.
... jackals . On leaving the gorge of the Chiffa , carobs , almond trees , and wild olives of great size are seen . After quitting the valley of the river altogether , the road 118 MUDLIKE SOIL . continues to ascend in a general.
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