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Walter Burton Harris. ORAN . 7 preferring the Arab or Moor in his wild state , untrammelled by the , to him , unsuitable laws of civilisation . The man who in Morocco , in his native garb , is always picturesque , becomes , when tainted ...
Walter Burton Harris. ORAN . 7 preferring the Arab or Moor in his wild state , untrammelled by the , to him , unsuitable laws of civilisation . The man who in Morocco , in his native garb , is always picturesque , becomes , when tainted ...
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... wild mountaineers , fair men with blue eyes , very handsome , and strongly built . A soldier or two in dishevelled uniform and dirty boots completed the list . Then there was a spreading of carpets and rugs , and our new arrivals ...
... wild mountaineers , fair men with blue eyes , very handsome , and strongly built . A soldier or two in dishevelled uniform and dirty boots completed the list . Then there was a spreading of carpets and rugs , and our new arrivals ...
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... wild Caucasian tribes harried them from the north , and the devastating hordes of Persians and Mongols from the south and south - east , not to mention the invasions of Greek and Roman , the defences of a city were of the utmost ...
... wild Caucasian tribes harried them from the north , and the devastating hordes of Persians and Mongols from the south and south - east , not to mention the invasions of Greek and Roman , the defences of a city were of the utmost ...
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... wild Turkman tribes which overran Persia , and whose descendants , now known as Turkis , to - day hold almost the entire northern part of the dominions of the Shah . But to the traveller it is the Tatar , after the Georgian , who proves ...
... wild Turkman tribes which overran Persia , and whose descendants , now known as Turkis , to - day hold almost the entire northern part of the dominions of the Shah . But to the traveller it is the Tatar , after the Georgian , who proves ...
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... wild tribes of the Caucasus , with a sprinkling of officers in uniform and well - dressed ladies , and can obtain some idea of the appearance of the inhabitants of the town . one As to the city itself a few words must be said . The ...
... wild tribes of the Caucasus , with a sprinkling of officers in uniform and well - dressed ladies , and can obtain some idea of the appearance of the inhabitants of the town . one As to the city itself a few words must be said . The ...
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