Under the Palms in Algeria and Tunis ...Hurst and Blackett, 1868 |
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Lewis Wingfield. APPROACH TO CONSTANTINE . 11 flour - mills , and its irrigation produces an oasis of luxurious foliage - great spreading palms and delicate bananas , together with the park and hedge- row cultivation of midland Europe ...
Lewis Wingfield. APPROACH TO CONSTANTINE . 11 flour - mills , and its irrigation produces an oasis of luxurious foliage - great spreading palms and delicate bananas , together with the park and hedge- row cultivation of midland Europe ...
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... produce an animal of the Arab race , which is exceedingly pretty , but rather weak in the shoulder . The horses bred in the mountains are much better than those of the plains , being more robust , and not so dainty as to food . Besides ...
... produce an animal of the Arab race , which is exceedingly pretty , but rather weak in the shoulder . The horses bred in the mountains are much better than those of the plains , being more robust , and not so dainty as to food . Besides ...
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... producing all sorts of 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 ...
... producing all sorts of 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 ...
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... produced sundry specimens of it in proof of her assertion . Very good salt it seems , waiting only for some one to work it properly . The Arabs , in their own indolent and unsatisfactory way , detach loose pieces after the winter rains ...
... produced sundry specimens of it in proof of her assertion . Very good salt it seems , waiting only for some one to work it properly . The Arabs , in their own indolent and unsatisfactory way , detach loose pieces after the winter rains ...
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... produce a singular effect where many are about . Their faces would not be ugly were they not plastered with rouge , and painted in patterns . The eyebrows glisten with oil , and the whole physiognomy is a mass of grease , otherwise it ...
... produce a singular effect where many are about . Their faces would not be ugly were they not plastered with rouge , and painted in patterns . The eyebrows glisten with oil , and the whole physiognomy is a mass of grease , otherwise it ...
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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.