Under the Palms in Algeria and Tunis ...Hurst and Blackett, 1868 |
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... sight beyond the cliffs , the entrance into the great Sahara Desert . We none of us had a clear notion of an oasis , and therefore did not know what to expect . A few minutes ' walk brought us through the gorge , and there a scene ...
... sight beyond the cliffs , the entrance into the great Sahara Desert . We none of us had a clear notion of an oasis , and therefore did not know what to expect . A few minutes ' walk brought us through the gorge , and there a scene ...
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... 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.
... 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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... sight par excellence . roughly on the qui vive by this time , we leapt out of our seats , and started off on foot for the turn of the hill from whence the promised view was to THE GREAT SAHARA . 35 be obtained . Once there.
... sight par excellence . roughly on the qui vive by this time , we leapt out of our seats , and started off on foot for the turn of the hill from whence the promised view was to THE GREAT SAHARA . 35 be obtained . Once there.
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Lewis Wingfield. FACE OF THE SAHARA . 39 The mountains are not lost sight of on the north- ern side until close upon Tuggurt , many miles beyond Biskra , though one day we did get an idea of total solitude when the hills were masked by ...
Lewis Wingfield. FACE OF THE SAHARA . 39 The mountains are not lost sight of on the north- ern side until close upon Tuggurt , many miles beyond Biskra , though one day we did get an idea of total solitude when the hills were masked by ...
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... sight is her small head and natty attire , as seen by the side of the preposterously gaudy " ladies of the desert ! " It is strange that even out here , in spite of their wealth in gold and jewels , the name of Jew is ever a term of ...
... sight is her small head and natty attire , as seen by the side of the preposterously gaudy " ladies of the desert ! " It is strange that even out here , in spite of their wealth in gold and jewels , the name of Jew is ever a term 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.