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... four sous , you will find yourself between a Jewish and Moorish lady . The beauty of the latter cannot be described , as she carefully conceals with her haïk all except her bright black eyes and the hennaed tips of her fingers . The ...
... four sous , you will find yourself between a Jewish and Moorish lady . The beauty of the latter cannot be described , as she carefully conceals with her haïk all except her bright black eyes and the hennaed tips of her fingers . The ...
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... four hours after nightfall . The next evening we happened to take a moonlight walk outside the gate of Bab - el - Oued . Here is the most truly Oriental scenery to be found close to Algiers . On the left are dark wooded heights studded ...
... four hours after nightfall . The next evening we happened to take a moonlight walk outside the gate of Bab - el - Oued . Here is the most truly Oriental scenery to be found close to Algiers . On the left are dark wooded heights studded ...
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... four distinct apart- ments arranged semicircularly - the dwellings of the priests ( ? ) . All the columns remain except two , and over the portico on the south is the following inscription , CHAP . III . 3533 ROMAN OCCUPATION .
... four distinct apart- ments arranged semicircularly - the dwellings of the priests ( ? ) . All the columns remain except two , and over the portico on the south is the following inscription , CHAP . III . 3533 ROMAN OCCUPATION .
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... four aghaliks , subdivided into the districts of 17 kaïds and 105 sheiks . The latter office is still hereditary in each portion of a clan ; the kaïds and aghas were formerly also hereditary , but have under the French rule become 54 ...
... four aghaliks , subdivided into the districts of 17 kaïds and 105 sheiks . The latter office is still hereditary in each portion of a clan ; the kaïds and aghas were formerly also hereditary , but have under the French rule become 54 ...
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... four wide slips of flexible wood , fastened to the outside of a huge pannier , and then bent over so as to meet the outside of the opposite pannier . This affords spacious accommodation for at least two women and several children . The ...
... four wide slips of flexible wood , fastened to the outside of a huge pannier , and then bent over so as to meet the outside of the opposite pannier . This affords spacious accommodation for at least two women and several children . The ...
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Africa Agha Aïn Algeria Algiers Arab arrived Atlas barley basin Bedouin Beni Isguen Berber Berryan birds Biskra Boghar burnous camels camp caravan carpet cavaliers centre Chaamba Chott coffee colour convoy Coss dark dates dayats descended Desf Djebel Djelfa djemmâa Djidi El Kantara falcon Family feet formed French gardens gazelle Ghardaïa Guerrara halt Hauts Plateaux hills horses inhabitants journey Kabyles kadi khalifat kouskousou Laghouat lake limestone M'zab M'zab Desert marabout mekhasni miles morning Morocco mosque mountain mounted Mozabites N'ça N'goussa natives negro never night nomads oases oasis Omar palm-groves palm-trees palms passed Reboud ride ridge rocks rocky rode Roman round Sahara Salt plains sand scarcely sehaurs sheik side Sidi soon Souf southern Spahis spec species specimens stones supply tent tion Touareg Touat traces traveller trees tribes Tuggurt Tunis walls Waregla Wed R'hir whole
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