Under the Palms in Algeria and Tunis ...Hurst and Blackett, 1868 |
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... francs and silver coins from unexpected places in his attire , and was very an- xious to exchange them with us for gold , as space is of great consequence to them , hoarding as they do their little all in some corner of their burnous as ...
... francs and silver coins from unexpected places in his attire , and was very an- xious to exchange them with us for gold , as space is of great consequence to them , hoarding as they do their little all in some corner of their burnous as ...
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... francs ; that , in 1865 , it amounted to 445 million francs , of which 431 million francs were for cotton alone ! If this result is at- tained in these few years in Egypt , why should not a similar one be arrived at in Algeria , whose ...
... francs ; that , in 1865 , it amounted to 445 million francs , of which 431 million francs were for cotton alone ! If this result is at- tained in these few years in Egypt , why should not a similar one be arrived at in Algeria , whose ...
Էջ 95
... francs the first twelvemonth ; but this was a remarkable year , and above the average . He planted his trees at the rate of one per square yard ; they grew to the height of six feet , each tree bearing about 500 capsules . An acre of ...
... francs the first twelvemonth ; but this was a remarkable year , and above the average . He planted his trees at the rate of one per square yard ; they grew to the height of six feet , each tree bearing about 500 capsules . An acre of ...
Էջ 97
... franc per day . One native and one bullock would work an acre in six days . M. Dufourg reckons that his total annual expenses per acre amount to 125 francs , which equals £ 5 . For the last two years he calculates that he has made ...
... franc per day . One native and one bullock would work an acre in six days . M. Dufourg reckons that his total annual expenses per acre amount to 125 francs , which equals £ 5 . For the last two years he calculates that he has made ...
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... France . I gained two first - class medals at Mulhouse , in the Exhibition of the Industrial Society . " Arab labourers cost me one franc a day . The working of a hectare ( two acres and a half ) costs 200 francs . One hectare is ...
... France . I gained two first - class medals at Mulhouse , in the Exhibition of the Industrial Society . " Arab labourers cost me one franc a day . The working of a hectare ( two acres and a half ) costs 200 francs . One hectare is ...
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Էջ 280 - Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted: it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.