Four Months in Algeria: With a Visit to Carthage |
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... Walls of Artificial Concrete -Traces of former Greatness - Arab Hockey - Tomb of Sidi- Bou - Medine - Arab School - Government Breeding Stable- Diet of Barbary Horses - Their special Merits - Ain - Temou- chent - Lions and Panthers ...
... Walls of Artificial Concrete -Traces of former Greatness - Arab Hockey - Tomb of Sidi- Bou - Medine - Arab School - Government Breeding Stable- Diet of Barbary Horses - Their special Merits - Ain - Temou- chent - Lions and Panthers ...
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... wall , pierced with one or two loopholes , which characterises the external appearance of the Moorish dwellings . The aspect of the hills around seemed very little different from the opposite shore of the Mediterranean ; but they were ...
... wall , pierced with one or two loopholes , which characterises the external appearance of the Moorish dwellings . The aspect of the hills around seemed very little different from the opposite shore of the Mediterranean ; but they were ...
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... walls , we have in the facts distinct evidence of the limit beyond which the ancient town did not extend . road which coincided with the Rue Bab - el - Oued led to a station called Case Calventii , placed by the Itinerary of Antoninus ...
... walls , we have in the facts distinct evidence of the limit beyond which the ancient town did not extend . road which coincided with the Rue Bab - el - Oued led to a station called Case Calventii , placed by the Itinerary of Antoninus ...
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... wall of a large church , which , from its direction due east and west , was made use of by the Mahometans as a kellah ( or means of orientation ) , when they performed their devotions . But besides the allowance * El Djézair Beni ...
... wall of a large church , which , from its direction due east and west , was made use of by the Mahometans as a kellah ( or means of orientation ) , when they performed their devotions . But besides the allowance * El Djézair Beni ...
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... walls , which still remain on the two upper sides of the triangle . One of them , that to the south - east , is still pierced by an ancient gateway ; but the Water Gate and the Gate of Grief no longer remain . The latter received its ...
... walls , which still remain on the two upper sides of the triangle . One of them , that to the south - east , is still pierced by an ancient gateway ; but the Water Gate and the Gate of Grief no longer remain . The latter received its ...
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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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