Four Months in Algeria: With a Visit to Carthage |
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... run sofas covered with rich silk hangings and em- broidered with gold . Elegantly carved tables stand here and there , covered with knick - knacks of native workmanship , such as gold or silver essence boxes , fans made of ostrich ...
... run sofas covered with rich silk hangings and em- broidered with gold . Elegantly carved tables stand here and there , covered with knick - knacks of native workmanship , such as gold or silver essence boxes , fans made of ostrich ...
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... runs nearly westward for nine or ten miles , having an elevation which varies from six hundred to more than a thousand feet . It terminates at Rous - el - Knathar ( the Cape of the Ruins ) , and through- out its whole extent approaches ...
... runs nearly westward for nine or ten miles , having an elevation which varies from six hundred to more than a thousand feet . It terminates at Rous - el - Knathar ( the Cape of the Ruins ) , and through- out its whole extent approaches ...
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... runs the legend ) was a marabout , whose preaching attracted a large crowd of followers . On one occasion they found themselves in the desert without any means of * The motives of the early Church in these matters are put in the most ...
... runs the legend ) was a marabout , whose preaching attracted a large crowd of followers . On one occasion they found themselves in the desert without any means of * The motives of the early Church in these matters are put in the most ...
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... runs out as far as the eye can see in a kind of spur , separating the Metidja on its south - east side from another plain on the north - west . This latter comprises the whole circle of the operations that gave the French pos- session ...
... runs out as far as the eye can see in a kind of spur , separating the Metidja on its south - east side from another plain on the north - west . This latter comprises the whole circle of the operations that gave the French pos- session ...
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... runs south- ward for four or five miles , till it strikes the highway from Algiers to Cheragas , Staoueli , and Koleah , which is one of the very best in the whole country . Returning from Bouzarieh to Algiers by this route , the ...
... runs south- ward for four or five miles , till it strikes the highway from Algiers to Cheragas , Staoueli , and Koleah , which is one of the very best in the whole country . Returning from Bouzarieh to Algiers by this route , 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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