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Page xi
... fire - View of Ghardaïa - Street scene The guest - house - Political system of the Beni M'zab — Unpaid officials - Zickar , or wedding - dance - A deserted city - The Wed M'zab― Gardens - Commemoration of founders - A funeral feast ...
... fire - View of Ghardaïa - Street scene The guest - house - Political system of the Beni M'zab — Unpaid officials - Zickar , or wedding - dance - A deserted city - The Wed M'zab― Gardens - Commemoration of founders - A funeral feast ...
Page xii
... fire - Recklessness of Arabs - Halt at daybreak - Skulkers detected - A cavalry charge and capture- The prisoner's story - Traces of a struggle - Dromedary - men — Camels give in- Weary march - Hadjira at last - A Mussulman saint A ...
... fire - Recklessness of Arabs - Halt at daybreak - Skulkers detected - A cavalry charge and capture- The prisoner's story - Traces of a struggle - Dromedary - men — Camels give in- Weary march - Hadjira at last - A Mussulman saint A ...
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... fire tale can scarce be recognised in the gentle savant , cultivating his herons , cranes , and water - fowl . General Yusuf is not the only European who has served under the Moslem banner . A Frenchman , now high in the diplomatic ...
... fire tale can scarce be recognised in the gentle savant , cultivating his herons , cranes , and water - fowl . General Yusuf is not the only European who has served under the Moslem banner . A Frenchman , now high in the diplomatic ...
Page 15
... fire , and mas- ticate the prickly pear . However it may be explained , it seems in its nature entirely distinct from the pro- fessional jugglery of Europe . There can be no sleight of hand or deception in the feats performed . The body ...
... fire , and mas- ticate the prickly pear . However it may be explained , it seems in its nature entirely distinct from the pro- fessional jugglery of Europe . There can be no sleight of hand or deception in the feats performed . The body ...
Page 17
... fire . One of the negro priests took three live fowls , one in his right hand and two in his left , by the legs , and smoked them over the incense . He crossed his arms left over right , then right over left ; he laid the fowl in his ...
... fire . One of the negro priests took three live fowls , one in his right hand and two in his left , by the legs , and smoked them over the incense . He crossed his arms left over right , then right over left ; he laid the fowl in his ...
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