Four Months in Algeria: With a Visit to Carthage |
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... standing open in the invariable dead wall . Look in , and you will see a charming court , surrounded by an arcade of marble columns . In the middle is a fountain , or perhaps some beautiful tree , such as in England we only find in the ...
... standing open in the invariable dead wall . Look in , and you will see a charming court , surrounded by an arcade of marble columns . In the middle is a fountain , or perhaps some beautiful tree , such as in England we only find in the ...
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... standing on the object of my search . My attention being thus directed to the matter , I did soon after- wards observe a stone with an almost obliterated Latin inscription on it ; but this was so defaced , that I could not have ...
... standing on the object of my search . My attention being thus directed to the matter , I did soon after- wards observe a stone with an almost obliterated Latin inscription on it ; but this was so defaced , that I could not have ...
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... standing and looking in , I saw a performer in the state of ecstatic . excitement ; but in two or three minutes my Euro- pean dress caught his eye , and he suddenly stopped , put his hand to his head as if stunned , and staggering to a ...
... standing and looking in , I saw a performer in the state of ecstatic . excitement ; but in two or three minutes my Euro- pean dress caught his eye , and he suddenly stopped , put his hand to his head as if stunned , and staggering to a ...
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... standing , 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 ...
... standing , 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 ...
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... standing , richly furnished , but in one a considerable sum in money was found , which had been brought to pay the troops . In this affair , which goes by the name of the Battle of Staoueli , the Turks lost nearly 4,000 men , while the ...
... standing , richly furnished , but in one a considerable sum in money was found , which had been brought to pay the troops . In this affair , which goes by the name of the Battle of Staoueli , the Turks lost nearly 4,000 men , while 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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