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... carpets here and there . These two mosques are the cathedrals of two different sects of Mussulmans - the Maleki , to which belong most of the Turks and Moors of Algiers ; and the Hanefi , which numbers amongst its adherents all the ...
... carpets here and there . These two mosques are the cathedrals of two different sects of Mussulmans - the Maleki , to which belong most of the Turks and Moors of Algiers ; and the Hanefi , which numbers amongst its adherents all the ...
Page 86
... carpet , we sip Bordeaux and munch huge slices of water - melon . As we present our letters and unfold our plans of desert travel , the Commandant sits peering through us , and at the end invites us to sleep , which we decline . He then ...
... carpet , we sip Bordeaux and munch huge slices of water - melon . As we present our letters and unfold our plans of desert travel , the Commandant sits peering through us , and at the end invites us to sleep , which we decline . He then ...
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... carpet , in which the crimson capsicum or pimento predominated . On the housetops were many brown Arab women , in garments as discoloured as their skins , sitting with their legs bare , busily employed in spinning after the simple ...
... carpet , in which the crimson capsicum or pimento predominated . On the housetops were many brown Arab women , in garments as discoloured as their skins , sitting with their legs bare , busily employed in spinning after the simple ...
Page 108
... carpet , and thus acknow- ledged him as a superior , a mistake of which the kadi did not fail subsequently to take advantage . The next day the whole of Laghouat is hunted up by our emissaries for water - skins . Servants and the Arabs ...
... carpet , and thus acknow- ledged him as a superior , a mistake of which the kadi did not fail subsequently to take advantage . The next day the whole of Laghouat is hunted up by our emissaries for water - skins . Servants and the Arabs ...
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... carpet was spread in the verandah , and a negro bore on his shoulders a huge bunch of dates , which he laid in the centre of it . When we had partaken , our six attendants , cautiously ap- proaching the carpet's edge , helped themselves ...
... carpet was spread in the verandah , and a negro bore on his shoulders a huge bunch of dates , which he laid in the centre of it . When we had partaken , our six attendants , cautiously ap- proaching the carpet's edge , helped themselves ...
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Achmed Africa Agha Algeria Algiers Arab armed arrived barley Bedouin Beni Isguen Berber Berryan birds Biskra Boghar burnous camels camp caravan caravanserai carpet cavaliers centre Chaamba coffee convoy dark dates dayat descended desert distance Djebel Djelfa djemmâa dragoman dromedary English falcon feet fire flocks French gardens gate gazelle Ghardaïa Guerrara halt hand head Herodotus hill horsemen horses inhabitants Jews journey Kabyles kadi khalifat kouskousou Laghouat M'zab marabout Medeah mekhasni miles military morning Morocco mosque mounted Mozabites N'goussa native negro never night nomads oases oasis Omar palm palm-groves palm-trees passed plain race ride ridge rock rode Roman round saddle Sahara salt sand scarcely sehaurs sent sheik side Sidi skin soon Souf Spahis species specimen square stone supply tent terebinth tion Touareg Touat traveller trees tribes Tuggurt walls Waregla Wed R'hir whole yards Zobeir
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