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... door - Way- side cabaret - In the Sahara - Camels - Jacob's flocks- A mirage -Paradise of waterfowl - Flamingoes - Plovers - The Sheik Bon Disah - Falconry - A bustard - hunt - The sandgrouse - Costly birds - Sunday in the desert ...
... door - Way- side cabaret - In the Sahara - Camels - Jacob's flocks- A mirage -Paradise of waterfowl - Flamingoes - Plovers - The Sheik Bon Disah - Falconry - A bustard - hunt - The sandgrouse - Costly birds - Sunday in the desert ...
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... door - Way- side cabaret - In the Sahara - Camels - Jacob's flocks - A mirage - Paradise of waterfowl - Flamingoes Plovers The Sheik Bou Disah - Falconry - A bustard - hunt- The sandgrouse - Costly birds Sunday in the desert - Natron ...
... door - Way- side cabaret - In the Sahara - Camels - Jacob's flocks - A mirage - Paradise of waterfowl - Flamingoes Plovers The Sheik Bou Disah - Falconry - A bustard - hunt- The sandgrouse - Costly birds Sunday in the desert - Natron ...
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... door of the Hôtel des Ambassadeurs , equipped gallantly as John Gilpin , little anticipating a fate as ignoble . My trusty dog Bob is in a paroxysm of anticipation at the sight of fire - arms slung on our shoulders , ourselves in half ...
... door of the Hôtel des Ambassadeurs , equipped gallantly as John Gilpin , little anticipating a fate as ignoble . My trusty dog Bob is in a paroxysm of anticipation at the sight of fire - arms slung on our shoulders , ourselves in half ...
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... door , which command , inter- preting " au pied de la lettre , ” I essayed to obey , and at length a window opened , and we were ungraciously accommodated with a lantern to enable us to stable our horses and open our barley - sacks . We ...
... door , which command , inter- preting " au pied de la lettre , ” I essayed to obey , and at length a window opened , and we were ungraciously accommodated with a lantern to enable us to stable our horses and open our barley - sacks . We ...
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... door . Here we had intended to pass the night , as evening was drawing on , but , to our disappointment , the place was crammed with visitors on their way to the annual races at Algiers , and we were compelled to proceed . The scenery ...
... door . Here we had intended to pass the night , as evening was drawing on , but , to our disappointment , the place was crammed with visitors on their way to the annual races at Algiers , and we were compelled to proceed . The scenery ...
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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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