Four Months in Algeria: With a Visit to Carthage |
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... the first vessel we had seen since quitting the shores of France , as the ordinary course of ships proceeding up or down the Mediterranean lies to the south of the Balearic islands . 4 ALGIERS FROM THE SEA . At sunset we lost B 2.
... the first vessel we had seen since quitting the shores of France , as the ordinary course of ships proceeding up or down the Mediterranean lies to the south of the Balearic islands . 4 ALGIERS FROM THE SEA . At sunset we lost B 2.
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... seen in the foundations of Moorish buildings ; but the only monument which seems to be remaining in situ is a bas - relief over a gateway in the island , in a style indicating a very late period of art . The greater portion of the ...
... seen in the foundations of Moorish buildings ; but the only monument which seems to be remaining in situ is a bas - relief over a gateway in the island , in a style indicating a very late period of art . The greater portion of the ...
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... seen supporting a second one , likewise with its dead wall , which ap- proaches even nearer than the floor below to the opposite tenement . Sometimes , especially in the cross alleys , the houses actually meet at the top , and the ...
... seen supporting a second one , likewise with its dead wall , which ap- proaches even nearer than the floor below to the opposite tenement . Sometimes , especially in the cross alleys , the houses actually meet at the top , and the ...
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... seen on the right hand , —the key of Algiers , which lies at its feet , and could be destroyed from it with perfect ease . It is now a strong fortification , but at the time of the invasion was merely an oblong square , with a large ...
... seen on the right hand , —the key of Algiers , which lies at its feet , and could be destroyed from it with perfect ease . It is now a strong fortification , but at the time of the invasion was merely an oblong square , with a large ...
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... seen sitting outside the café , under the shade of some plane trees , occupied in playing draughts . The laws of the game slightly differ from the European , and the squares , instead of being black and white , are depressed and ...
... seen sitting outside the café , under the shade of some plane trees , occupied in playing draughts . The laws of the game slightly differ from the European , and the squares , instead of being black and white , are depressed and ...
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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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