Under the Palms in Algeria and Tunis ...Hurst and Blackett, 1868 |
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... looked perfectly green , and wheat showed signs of an abundant crop under the vivifying influence of copious night - dews . The want of irrigation around the actual towns of Constantine and Philipville will soon be remedied by means of ...
... looked perfectly green , and wheat showed signs of an abundant crop under the vivifying influence of copious night - dews . The want of irrigation around the actual towns of Constantine and Philipville will soon be remedied by means of ...
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... looked blue and hazy in the distance , but do not bear near inspection , being very barren and brown ; the roads , too , are bad , leading over sloshy swamps and broken rocks . Half - way up the first moun- tain we met a Frenchman , who ...
... looked blue and hazy in the distance , but do not bear near inspection , being very barren and brown ; the roads , too , are bad , leading over sloshy swamps and broken rocks . Half - way up the first moun- tain we met a Frenchman , who ...
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... At sight of us she turned and fled as fast as her heavy anklets would permit , she being an unmarried young lady , and consequently not yet to be looked upon by men . The Sheikh's son ARAB VILLAGE . 29 now volunteered to show us over.
... At sight of us she turned and fled as fast as her heavy anklets would permit , she being an unmarried young lady , and consequently not yet to be looked upon by men . The Sheikh's son ARAB VILLAGE . 29 now volunteered to show us over.
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... looked with curiosity at the bed of the river , rough and strewn with boulders , from the old Ro- man bridge that spans the chasm . It was from this bridge that the place derived its name , " El- Kantara , ” meaning " bridge " in Arabic ...
... looked with curiosity at the bed of the river , rough and strewn with boulders , from the old Ro- man bridge that spans the chasm . It was from this bridge that the place derived its name , " El- Kantara , ” meaning " bridge " in Arabic ...
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... looked at this for some time with feelings of great surprise the mixture of the rich bright green with its barren surroundings seemed so unnaturally out of place . This line of verdure forms the oasis of El - Outaia , and consists of ...
... looked at this for some time with feelings of great surprise the mixture of the rich bright green with its barren surroundings seemed so unnaturally out of place . This line of verdure forms the oasis of El - Outaia , and consists of ...
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Abd-el-Kader acres Africa Algeria Algiers Batna beauty Biskra BLACKETT'S NEW WORKS-Continued Blida blue Bureau Arabe burnous café camels Ceramic Art charming chief colonists colony colour Constantine cotton course crop cultivation dark desert distance Dufourg earth European eyes feet forest found ourselves francs French gold Government hands head hills Hodna horses Hôtel houses HURST AND BLACKETT'S interesting JOHN HALIFAX journey JULIA KAVANAGH Kabyle Kaid labour lady land looked Lord EUSTACE CECIL lovely Marabout MARLBOROUGH STREET MATILDA BETHAM EDWARDS Miliana Mostaganem mountains Msila mules natives night oasis once Oran ostrich Ouargla Oulad Nayls palms passed Philipville picturesque plains pleasant pretty province rain reader reservoir road rocks round ruins Sahara scene Sétif shadows Sheikh sight silver stones story tain tent thing tion Tlemcen Touaregs town traveller trees tribes turned village volumes walls wandered whilst wild wind women woods
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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.