 | James Wilson Stevens - 1797 - 322 էջ
...facing the north, on a bay of the Mediterranean fea. The houies j-ife gradually from the fea-fhore, in the form of an amphitheatre, and terminate nearly in a point towards the fummit of the mountain. The town, with with its mofques, caftles, and other public build... | |
 | Jedidiah Morse, Richard Cary Morse - 1823 - 886 էջ
...towns, Constantina and Bona. Algiers, city, capital of the above country, on the Mediterranean, and on the declivity of a hill, on which the houses rise...and terminate nearly in a point at the summit. It is 1¿ miles in circuit. The largest street is not above 13 feet wide, in which are the mansions of the... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1823 - 512 էջ
...the Mediterranean. The population is variously stated from 100,000 to nearly 200,000. It is built on the declivity of a hill, on which the houses rise...amphitheatre, and terminate nearly in a point at the summit, presenting, when viewed from the sea, a beautiful and magnificent spectacle. The walls of the city... | |
 | Aaron Arrowsmith - 1831 - 970 էջ
...fortifications on the land side are but of little anil, the harbour alone being well defended. It is built on the declivity of a hill, on which the houses rise gradually in the form of an amphitheatre, terminating nearly in a point at the summit, and presenting, when viewed from the sea, a magnificent... | |
 | Aaron Arrowsmith - 1832 - 546 էջ
...of inhabitants in the city has diminished considerably more than one half. 26. Algiers is built on the declivity of a hill, on which the houses rise gradually in the form of an amphitheatre, terminating nearly in a point >' the summit, and presenting, when viewed from the sea, a magnificent... | |
 | John Thomson - 1851 - 1092 էջ
...capital of the country of the same name. It is situated upon the coast of the Mediterranean, and on the declivity of a hill, on which the houses rise...summit. It is not above a mile and a half in circuit ; but the population is large in proportion to the ground which it covers ; for every house is three... | |
 | Thomas Baldwin - 1852 - 764 էջ
...Marshal Bourmont, and subjected to the dominion of France. — Adj. and inhab. ALGERINE, al-jer-eenf . ALGIERS, a celebrated city, and cap. of the country...estimated, from 80,000 to 200,000, and even 300,000 ; but it is probable that even the first estimate was much beyond the truth. According to a census... | |
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Mediterranean, upon the declivity of a hill, on which the houses rise gradually in the form of an amphitheatre, and terminate nearly in a point at the summit. It is not above a mile and a half in circuit. 