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... buildings and grey domes . The next morning after breakfast I took Moham- med ashore to show him a little of the town . As we passed through the narrow crowded streets of Galata and over the rickety wooden bridge that leads one over the ...
... buildings and grey domes . The next morning after breakfast I took Moham- med ashore to show him a little of the town . As we passed through the narrow crowded streets of Galata and over the rickety wooden bridge that leads one over the ...
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... buildings that surrounded them have given place to tall stucco barracks and Government offices ; long streets of shops are rising where once narrow alleys led one in entangling network amongst the booths ... building a mollah was reading the.
... buildings that surrounded them have given place to tall stucco barracks and Government offices ; long streets of shops are rising where once narrow alleys led one in entangling network amongst the booths ... building a mollah was reading the.
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... building in slanting rays of golden light , and even the four great pillars of enormous dimensions that support the roof and dome seemed to lose their oppressive heaviness . On leaving the building we visited the court without , with ...
... building in slanting rays of golden light , and even the four great pillars of enormous dimensions that support the roof and dome seemed to lose their oppressive heaviness . On leaving the building we visited the court without , with ...
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... boys . There is but little to see beyond the crowd passing in the streets ; for even the mosques show no signs of handsome architecture , and the other buildings SAMSUN . 21 are all more or less of European 20 TANGIER TO TIFLIS .
... boys . There is but little to see beyond the crowd passing in the streets ; for even the mosques show no signs of handsome architecture , and the other buildings SAMSUN . 21 are all more or less of European 20 TANGIER TO TIFLIS .
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... buildings , apparently barracks . We landed at the custom - house quay , and , after a careful scrutiny of our passports , were allowed to proceed ashore . The way into the town leads by a steep road between rather dilapidated - looking ...
... buildings , apparently barracks . We landed at the custom - house quay , and , after a careful scrutiny of our passports , were allowed to proceed ashore . The way into the town leads by a steep road between rather dilapidated - looking ...
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