Under the Palms in Algeria and Tunis ...Hurst and Blackett, 1868 |
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... Gardens A Sheikh's Washing - General Salutation— Arab Village - Roman Remains - New Road - A Sorry Vehicle - El - Outaia - Barren Plains - The Great Sahara -Biskra - Hôtel de Sahara · 13 vi CONTENTS . CHAPTER XIV . Biskra - Face of.
... Gardens A Sheikh's Washing - General Salutation— Arab Village - Roman Remains - New Road - A Sorry Vehicle - El - Outaia - Barren Plains - The Great Sahara -Biskra - Hôtel de Sahara · 13 vi CONTENTS . CHAPTER XIV . Biskra - Face of.
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Lewis Wingfield. CONTENTS . vii Government Report - The Barika - Gentlemen of the Road A Sheikh's Encampment - Arab Etiquette - Up in the Morning - Wild Game - A New Sensation - A Doubtful Welcome - Weird Scene - Night in an Arab Tent ...
Lewis Wingfield. CONTENTS . vii Government Report - The Barika - Gentlemen of the Road A Sheikh's Encampment - Arab Etiquette - Up in the Morning - Wild Game - A New Sensation - A Doubtful Welcome - Weird Scene - Night in an Arab Tent ...
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... road is made up of hills and valleys , necessitating embankments and endless tunnels . £ 970,000 are said to have been already spent on Algerian railways , though there is as yet nothing to show whatever . The plan on which they are ...
... road is made up of hills and valleys , necessitating embankments and endless tunnels . £ 970,000 are said to have been already spent on Algerian railways , though there is as yet nothing to show whatever . The plan on which they are ...
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... road - a foreground of water , and reckless abandon of bramble and cactus , while the town rises on two thousand feet of beetling cliff , surrounded by the deep shadow of a dark ravine . We were now given an extra horse to aid in ...
... road - a foreground of water , and reckless abandon of bramble and cactus , while the town rises on two thousand feet of beetling cliff , surrounded by the deep shadow of a dark ravine . We were now given an extra horse to aid in ...
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... roads , too , are bad , leading over sloshy swamps and broken rocks . Half - way up the first moun- tain we met a Frenchman , who strongly advised us to proceed no further , the snows having driven the lions from their usual haunts ...
... roads , too , are bad , leading over sloshy swamps and broken rocks . Half - way up the first moun- tain we met a Frenchman , who strongly advised us to proceed no further , the snows having driven the lions from their usual haunts ...
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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.